Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, 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	321% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 01:33
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 255 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 754 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 125 Parallax 117 112% 127 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 129 Splatting 86.1 102% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB 10,220 User benchmarks, average bench 331% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1358 1109 1162 1154 1014 1125 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,511 Write 2,226 Mixed 1,530 SusWrite 1,154 415% 1,855 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 84.9 299% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,392 DQ Write 1,220 DQ Mixed 1,278 966% 1,296 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 431%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 858GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 127 126 126 126 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 126 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 151 159 159 161 161 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 13 15 17 14 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 189 Write 157 Mixed 84 SusWrite 15 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 824GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 105 105 106 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 87 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 105 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 927GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 132 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 132 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 151 152 152 150 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 132 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 150 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 915GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 98.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 103 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 59%
Lacie Rugged USB-C 2TB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 379GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 77 81 82 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 50.7 Write 90 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 80.9 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 20.7 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 18.1 29% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 78% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 106%

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Gaming 108%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	83x
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 $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	9x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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