Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 22:46
Run Duration	478 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 664 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% 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 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.6 93% 109 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18596 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 145 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11849835074	117% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 416 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47 187% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 105 136% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27499 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 662 (B1) Unknown 92 92 88 (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 71 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14387353310	70.6% Very good	Read 496 Write 132 Mixed 111 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 10.7 116% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 28.8 74% 163 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 65 58136685 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 22607225 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 35253091569194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 30065754111 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1854 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9530 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 459196 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48125108552883 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1210969291 (F2) Unknown 100 253 898235471	96.6% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 155 Mixed 142 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5411176 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42045394 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1501 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 42 339874349087 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 729 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 112738 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 2131 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -12747462926878 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -85039521140734 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46916324287132	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 175 Mixed 143 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 812GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11654368 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 22101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12744150 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 40 60 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 555089948 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22289 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 25769803804 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 159 Mixed 133 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 113%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 930GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 38.9 Mixed 36.9 49% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 22%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 8GB 811 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.81% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 3.28 Mixed 4.17 9% 9.94 MB/s	4K Read 7.78 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.009 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.81% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	484x
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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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