Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 02:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 139 2-Core 247 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 772 75% 618 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67% Good	Lighting 86.8 Reflection 98.2 Parallax 80.7 71% 88.6 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 69 Splatting 77.3 60% 72.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16500 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4726 (B1) Unknown 89 89 109 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 218 (EB) Unknown 99 99 247 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21475113931	57.9% Above average	Read 511 Write 220 Mixed 130 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 11.7 65% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 19.7 41% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 152GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 130 1425 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2926 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 728 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 215993 (C2) HDA temperature 120 92 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 29 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.1% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 60.7 Mixed 65.1 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	483x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,037

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16