Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.96% 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	353% 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	19.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, , 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 09:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$241 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 772 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.41 7% 9.43 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: M0MU031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 671 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 219044249634 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4784333042 (F7) Unknown 100 100 149542781 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9232197 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9379 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 273 Mixed 311 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.2 136% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 35 95% 201 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 101%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 374GB free Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 835 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14123 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68 (A6) Unknown 100 100 15 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (94) Unknown 100 100 11076 (95) Unknown 100 100 294 (96) Unknown 100 100 119 (97) Unknown 100 100 263 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 365549 (F2) Unknown 100 100 191578 (F5) Unknown 100 100 903872	65.6% Good	Read 371 Write 271 Mixed 271 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 20.5 91% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 63.6 72% 125 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 126%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 480GB-$900 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	353% Outstanding	Read 2,248 Write 1,281 Mixed 1,753 390% 1,760 MB/s	4K Read 186 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 150 547% 158 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 176 184% 303 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 353% Great: 541%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 869GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165679080 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11544337 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 639172642 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18527 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 73014444066 (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 -94802813118210 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31260009004 (F2) Unknown 100 253 81871612141	81.1% Excellent	Read 130 Write 153 Mixed 164 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 56% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 96%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	82x
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 $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	8x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $865

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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