Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% 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	307% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '21 at 15:22
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 453 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 701GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 927 1396 1389 1296 1276 1051 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 1,662 Mixed 1420 SusWrite 1,222 354% 1,581 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 94 294% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,606 DQ Write 1,057 DQ Mixed 1,259 959% 1,307 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 410%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 232GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 266 237 237 237 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 424 Mixed 378 SusWrite 252 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 49.8 166% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 355 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 61 74 76 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 116 Write 95.8 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 66.8 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 82%
Maxtor 6Y160M0 160GB-$117 432 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 19GB free Firmware: YAR511W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 34 35 35 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 33.6 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 33.6 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 2,130 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 10.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.9 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 62%

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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	484x
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 $90Bench 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: $955

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 $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