Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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	7.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	288% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 19:26
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$242 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 759 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.69 7% 9.08 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 747GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,645 Write 1,422 Mixed 1,489 408% 1,852 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 58.8 244% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 442 DQ Mixed 193 223% 385 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 363GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1688 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 865 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 230 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9694244249	116% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 402 Mixed 419 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.8 187% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 130 151% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 235GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2610 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1369 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 295 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13322502200
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 460GB free Firmware: SM28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22383808 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32313636 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1664 (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 73 47 538509339 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7254 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 47244640283 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.2% Above average	Read 75.4 Write 102 Mixed 102 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.79 220% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 215GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177720512 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3380855 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 538443803 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13160 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 34359738395 (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 -40076339838200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6274274922 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18880403396	95.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 154 Mixed 156 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 111%

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Workstation 91%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	598x
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	152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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