Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '19 at 02:22
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 538 62% 483 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 123 114% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 105 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,840 Write 2,460 Mixed 2,132 620% 2,811 MB/s	4K Read 262 4K Write 281 4K Mixed 242 856% 262 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 519 413% 585 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 119 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 164 Mixed 84 SusWrite 118 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 112%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 60GB free, PID 0225 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 9 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 2.8 15% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 20%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 819GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 85 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 74 Mixed 40 SusWrite 81.6 91% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 30.2 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 110%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	666x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	159x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

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