Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.9% 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	67.6% 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 5 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 23:31
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 760 81% 644 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 121 103% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 PRO Series 250GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 137GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 185 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 34 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2350755668	134% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 503 Mixed 508 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 57.6 220% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 134 157% 269 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
ST2000DM001-1CH164 250GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 129GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 21 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 247425824	130% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 504 Mixed 504 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 55.7 217% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 33.2 93% 194 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 527 (94) Unknown 100 100 36598 (95) Unknown 100 100 513 (96) Unknown 100 100 380 (97) Unknown 100 100 494 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10660 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36421878415385 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94785 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115136 (F5) Unknown 100 100 125921 (F6) Unknown 100 100 146392 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 497 Write 255 Mixed 270 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 15.4 103% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 68.8 DQ Mixed 15 22% 39 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 94GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2016 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12899582115 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 36 154620002335 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 330713792589 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 378 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1682 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1571 (F2) Unknown 253 253 538 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 476 Write 278 Mixed 271 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 22 122% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 14.4 80% 185 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 27GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24344 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 299 (B1) Unknown 94 94 187 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10245225126	95.3% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 443 Mixed 470 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 24.1 150% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 73.9 59% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 351GB free Firmware: 0708 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 98 Write 95.5 Mixed 65.8 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.45 180% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 28.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 32.2 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% 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	485x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 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 $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16