Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	245% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 20:01
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 89.2 2-Core 178 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 706 63% 531 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 84%

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: 390.65 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 174 Parallax 173 110% 161 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 168 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300. 960GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 599GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2857 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C2) HDA temperature 73 52 206159675419	68.3% Good	Read 501 Write 273 Mixed 273 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 7.64 79% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 34.3 74% 155 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 103%
Samsung HD154UI 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 192GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2456 (E8) Unknown 100 100 72495103127 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	107% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 483 Mixed 423 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.3 149% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 129 141% 236 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,601 Write 1,195 Mixed 1,386 379% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 33.6 193% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 124 131% 216 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 793GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 146 10891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1210 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 165 Mixed 141 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 691GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 77.4 Mixed 57.9 90% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 114%

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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 $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 $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 $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