Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	115% 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 19:58
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 769 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 209 Parallax 186 156% 196 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 188 Splatting 135 124% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 402GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2541 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 608 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1953602406	117% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 413 Mixed 424 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 51.7 188% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 126 141% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 230GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,623 Write 1,137 Mixed 1,164 290% 1,308 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 43.3 197% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 142 150% 251 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3246 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 900 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 189 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14336297973	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 396 Mixed 410 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 50.2 183% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 115 140% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 112 (03) Spinup time 160 160 17208574338 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5827 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5827 (C2) HDA temperature 191 191 227634380834 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 135 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 4.23 4K Mixed 0.75 192% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 110%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 26.2 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29.4 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

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Gaming 106%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x
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	153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,043

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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