Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% 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	121% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 20:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 797 86% 685 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 118% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 908GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6864 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 24 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6908482494	121% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 482 Mixed 515 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 50.1 177% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 170 179% 296 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2918224 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3058 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 74 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 85899345944 (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 112717121716224 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3133131 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2066858	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 180 Mixed 164 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 222 7233 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17068 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17002 (C2) HDA temperature 121 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.4% Average	Read 88.3 Write 76.6 Mixed 65.4 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 113%

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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 $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