Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170706
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 13 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Memory 93.5
1-Core 108
2-Core 201
78% 134 Pts
4-Core 346
8-Core 340
46% 343 Pts
64-Core 286
18% 286 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100
Gigabyte(1458 22C7) 2GB
CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Relative performance (0th percentile)
10.7% Very poor
Lighting 5.37
Reflection 32.5
Parallax 30.8
4% 22.9 fps
MRender 27.4
Gravity 21.8
Splatting 32.6
23% 27.3 fps
Poor: 16%
This bench: 10.7%
Great: 20%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WD10EZEX-21WN4A0 240GB
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
78.9% Very good
Read 500
Write 459
Mixed 236
88% 398 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 18.7
73% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 40.9
70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
388GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Read 162
Write 117
Mixed 146
107% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.16
4K Write 2.54
4K Mixed 0.32
131% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.9% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 20.6
66% 23 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 16.9
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 61
66% 61 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 862 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
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: $985
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HDDRAMUSB
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