Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 03:05
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 810 84% 677 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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; GV-N108TGAMING-OC-11GD, GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC 11G CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2796 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 213 Parallax 181 150% 192 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 181 Splatting 138 123% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 606GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 636 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20513022 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 61 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 516 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 206159806500 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 214750330930 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3415 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4163 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4058 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6464 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 353 Mixed 327 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 25.1 135% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 46.8 103% 215 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 121%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 261GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2065 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137473229244 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 486 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 587 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 65 61 261993922595 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1211201290553 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4769 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9088 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8306 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9036 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84% Excellent	Read 474 Write 249 Mixed 270 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 23.2 125% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 43 100% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 930GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 105 105 55878156953 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1989 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2309 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 266288889894 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.7% Average	Read 78.1 Write 80.7 Mixed 80 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.49 121% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 210GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202062271 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 311816577 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1784359951 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 538771488 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 29 202062271 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 114 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.61 127% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 103%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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