Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 10:38
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 747 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 116% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 406GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 135833906	123% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.6 202% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 132 154% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 58856345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 46780783818999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 182 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 76 55839555615 (C2) HDA temperature 31 76 55839555615 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 58856345 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 58856345 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 58856345 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 45609 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18251 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18251 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12063	83% Excellent	Read 477 Write 239 Mixed 274 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 21.6 131% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 62.8 98% 189 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 94%
Kingston SV100S2128G 128GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 71GB free Firmware: D100811a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 171801116712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 11599872 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9253359868	30.7% Below average	Read 207 Write 79.2 Mixed 109 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 9.76 55% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 12.8 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 10 14% 25.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 37%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 488GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 91 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25790644525 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9951 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 223339216928 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 101 Mixed 93.8 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 28.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 110%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x
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	154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,043

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16