Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	235% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	56.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 22:53
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$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 below expectations (26^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 560 64% 499 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% XFX(1EAE 6501) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 136 Parallax 238 95% 163 fps	MRender 222 Gravity 115 Splatting 147 130% 161 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1012 988 955 940 901 882 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,818 Write 1,228 Mixed 743 SusWrite 946 263% 1,184 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 53.8 193% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,156 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 934 722% 993 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 184 188 187 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 148 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 185 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$192 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 103 97 99 99 93 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 96.9 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 73%
WL640GSA1672 640GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 109 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 107 Write 111 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 110 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04CD F4-3200C16-16GVK 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04CD F4-3200C16-16GVK 64GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.7 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 18 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 99%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	486x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $45Bench 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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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16