Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics130% 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 Drive141% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161118
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateSep 18 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 144
2-Core 253
92% 163 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 769
74% 609 Pts
64-Core 793
49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Lighting 182
Reflection 206
Parallax 177
149% 188 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 173
Splatting 124
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
141% Outstanding
Read 1,294
Write 562
Mixed 788
194% 881 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 88.1
4K Mixed 31.6
127% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 514
DQ Mixed 78.4
143% 272 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 141%
Great: 157%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
157GB free
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Read 498
Write 340
Mixed 356
88% 398 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 61.5
4K Mixed 21.4
112% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 36.7
DQ Write 237
DQ Mixed 18
49% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 118%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75
89GB free
Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
72.3% Very good
Read 495
Write 196
Mixed 257
69% 316 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 78.9
4K Mixed 22.9
112% 42.9 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 50.4
70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42% Average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 14.2
MC Mixed 12
39% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 14.4
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 59.8
67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 42%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $986
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