Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 03:26
Run Duration	394 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 785 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 159 Parallax 135 125% 149 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 148 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 259GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 100 100 830 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 42 249109413930 (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 892368280 (F7) Unknown 100 100 27977619 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6878568 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1920 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 342 Mixed 338 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 26.1 124% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 42.3 80% 159 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 98%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 195GB free Firmware: SAFC01.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th 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 4022 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 807 (A2) Unknown 100 100 933 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196619 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 675 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1013	106% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 507 Mixed 503 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 14.7 133% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 14.9 108% 249 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8222112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -91319594635404 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2178 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 201 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 67 68723867676 (C2) HDA temperature 28 67 68723867676 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8222112 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8222112 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8222112 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19939 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7520 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7520 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15184	65.2% Good	Read 505 Write 147 Mixed 215 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 15.5 114% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 46.1 44% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 73%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 850GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 32.1 Mixed 29.2 41% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.16 20% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 49%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 18 Write 3.18 Mixed 6.18 9% 9.13 MB/s	4K Read 6.39 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.41 136% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 120%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	220x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 14,957 samples	12x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $794

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