Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	117% 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	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 K7 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 01:28
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$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 (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 785 83% 662 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 154 Parallax 128 114% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24637 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 599 (B1) Unknown 95 95 288 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 300 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48491203068	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 503 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43.9 169% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 164 177% 294 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20423 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 350 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 217 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15266775728	120% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 402 Mixed 420 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 51.1 198% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 115 145% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52726416 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 126939223 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1108 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 588316702 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 34359738398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 8 52726416 (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 -114280489790148 (F1) Unknown 100 253 931006517 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2332504693	75.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 129 Mixed 104 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.83 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%
WL2000GS A6472R 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 646GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.8% Poor	Read 40 Write 36.9 Mixed 16.1 37% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 135GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 122GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 111 Write 70.2 Mixed 76.7 103% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.92 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.91 92% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	220x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 14,957 samples	12x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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