Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 K5 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 05:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 73.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 204 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 680 60% 508 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 92%

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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 22 13% 22.1 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 33.4 26% 30.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 51 49 41 49 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 370 Write 72 Mixed 112 SusWrite 47.9 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 27.1 108% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 130 123% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 124%
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 99GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 162 75 76 74 76 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 418 Write 322 Mixed 309 SusWrite 133 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 26.6 113% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 188 166% 246 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 198 198 197 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 136 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 197 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 7TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 6TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 201 200 201 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 136 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 197 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NMUD480E86-3200 2x8GB 1,510 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 104%

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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 $195Bench 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	60x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16