Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	297% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 274 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 781 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% 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 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 102 Parallax 89.8 70% 92.6 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 89.6 73% 89.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 222GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 210 206 204 195 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 258 Mixed 288 SusWrite 202 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.6 170% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 160 147% 227 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 91%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1215 1412 1642 1681 1536 506 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 1,826 Write 1,733 Mixed 1,384 SusWrite 1332 353% 1,569 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 88.4 305% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 1,124 DQ Mixed 436 508% 871 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 311%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 255GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 107 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 133 Write 121 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 107 71% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 221GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 127 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 69%

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 (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 110%

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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 $230Bench 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 $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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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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