Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 02:10
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$242 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 785 85% 673 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 374A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 71.7 69% 79.5 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 76.1 64% 77.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Palit PH120 SSD 120GB 291 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM50.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 96 96 107 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 123	87.2% Excellent	Read 510 Write 374 Mixed 431 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 10.3 111% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 9.45 85% 196 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 33 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 35 (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	81.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 126 Mixed 124 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.31 117% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x4GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 13.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 101%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 - $240

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	598x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,050

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