Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 252 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 749 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 122 105% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 137GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (64) Unknown 100 100 433600 (65) Unknown 100 100 168448 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 127 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1315 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 167505166364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 889 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 889 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 794 (EA) Unknown 100 100 703 (F1) Unknown 100 100 749 (F2) Unknown 100 100 373 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 889	55.7% Above average	Read 459 Write 259 Mixed 257 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 10.9 62% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 95.8 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 21.4 32% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 88%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10474541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -50044958910166 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2995 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 731 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 73 64429293598 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10474541 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10474541 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10474541 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20337 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15550 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15550 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32048	56.4% Above average	Read 502 Write 133 Mixed 213 61% 283 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 15.3 85% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 32.8 36% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 867GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 189573455 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 115428 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 521797658 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 194 (C2) HDA temperature 26 20 85899345946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 4 189573455 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55194624720762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 146865729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42707726	98.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 171 Mixed 131 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 99% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 147GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 141 3716 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3527 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 652 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12718 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 27 (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	73.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 114 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.44 105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C17 2x8GB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 12.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 98%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	662x
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	157x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $790

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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