Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	133% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 20:07
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 837 85% 688 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,807 Write 290 Mixed 512 187% 870 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 18.7 140% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 18.2 30% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 211%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 110GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2091 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1426 (B1) Unknown 99 99 26 (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 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 346 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15889633395	114% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 508 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 43.5 170% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 164 151% 226 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 218GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 165 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4794 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4287 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2036 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30711 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 27 (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	66.2% Good	Read 124 Write 107 Mixed 113 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 26.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 31 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 107%

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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