Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	131% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 17:39
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 210 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 399 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 88% 110 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$60 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 219 212 218 203 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,013 Write 165 Mixed 444 SusWrite 214 100% 459 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.5 172% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 879 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 288 283% 469 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 204%
Spcc Solid State Disk 960GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 93GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 462 480 206 316 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 474 Mixed 388 SusWrite 363 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 40.9 154% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 209 194% 299 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2339 2311 2249 1880 1491 1509 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	361% Outstanding	Read 2,554 Write 2,324 Mixed 1,958 SusWrite 1,963 494% 2,200 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 82.7 285% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,396 DQ Write 904 DQ Mixed 1,095 831% 1,131 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 361% Great: 435%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 441 384 308 333 347 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 269 Write 215 Mixed 383 SusWrite 366 70% 308 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 59.6 196% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 158 175% 294 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 125%
Genesys SD USB3 Reader 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 46GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 66 66 64 61 60 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.4% Below average	Read 91.1 Write 66.2 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 63 95% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.9 244% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%
4 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.38% Terrible	Read 7.2 Write 2.7 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.4 6% 4.65 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.38% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 27.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	666x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	159x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $770

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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