Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	1.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 00:38
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 816 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	1.28% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 9.92 Parallax 12.3 1% 7.76 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 4.39 2% 2.31 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 1.28% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron (v0) 240GB-$145 368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 67GB free Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 292 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1592 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 298 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 298 (C2) HDA temperature 37 0 68722425893 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10336 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5298 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5312 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	95.4% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 437 Mixed 464 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 30.2 138% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 73 84% 135 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 97%
Samsung SSD 512GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9166 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 116 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10053902543	101% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 442 Mixed 513 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 30.3 154% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 93 96% 148 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
Samsung SSD 120GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29587 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 637 (B1) Unknown 76 76 285 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 229 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52086920188	67.3% Good	Read 509 Write 119 Mixed 118 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 10.9 115% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 9.56 48% 113 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 115%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5519 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 126 Mixed 121 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.45 118% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 2x4GB 6,607 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 25 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 26.7 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	665x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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