Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	269% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 14:00
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 267 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 801 76% 629 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 892 889 874 891 884 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,671 Mixed 1,479 SusWrite 928 347% 1,551 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 90 291% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 884 DQ Write 750 DQ Mixed 874 640% 836 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 355%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 237GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 92 97 88 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 119 Write 97.8 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 92.7 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3160827AS 160GB-$70 1,727 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 74GB free Firmware: 3.42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 11.5 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 28.1 21% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 32%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 331GB free Firmware: 0011LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 74 73 73 74 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 36.8 Write 34.5 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 72.6 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G 32GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 95%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	485x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16