Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	235% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 03:40
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	29%

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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-$241 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 755 77% 621 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2590 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 82.6 Reflection 165 Parallax 118 67% 122 fps	Gravity 107 Splatting 83.9 83% 95.7 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,065 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,140 344% 1,556 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 46 197% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 24.3 35% 61.6 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 161GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,125 Write 1,318 Mixed 1,204 342% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 21.6 172% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 22.5 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 254%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 102GB free Firmware: 5.0.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3541965 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 78477642456256 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3415 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 557 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 34362621984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3541965 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3541965 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3541965 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19979 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20260 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20260 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37231	48.4% Average	Read 358 Write 280 Mixed 299 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 9.53 55% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 17.1 DQ Mixed 10.2 10% 16.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 665GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 140 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	99.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 166 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.32 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 621GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 222 8708 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6195 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19606 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 48 (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 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 114 Write 99.8 Mixed 91.3 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.43 127% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 569GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 29 (03) Spinup time 179 173 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18136 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6348 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2023 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16112 (C2) HDA temperature 98 96 49 (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 99 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 52	41.9% Average	Read 57.5 Write 88.6 Mixed 72.9 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 25.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 164%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	82x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	8x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	5x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 2,149 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 82%, 3,198 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 2,357 samples	3x

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Total price: $865

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