Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 784 76% 627 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 197 Parallax 171 134% 178 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 164 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 312 298 300 298 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 456 Mixed 437 SusWrite 304 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 63.2 203% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 128%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 144GB free Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 758 764 766 765 767 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,138 Write 758 Mixed 507 SusWrite 762 176% 791 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41 155% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 113 159% 296 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 159%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 918GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 209 212 212 210 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 164 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 209 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 738GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 209 214 214 215 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 174 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 210 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 391% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 29.3 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 31.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 107%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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