Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming SOC-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	129% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Gaming SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 21:43
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$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 (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 784 84% 668 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 211 Parallax 205 158% 203 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 189 Splatting 133 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 224GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3314 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 966 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1917224221	120% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 497 Mixed 514 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.8 177% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 153 159% 262 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1207 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 364 (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 62 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5976125577	129% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 501 Mixed 509 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.3 210% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 140 147% 244 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 504GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 163 1083 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6063 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2057 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43938 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 36 (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	62.3% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 107 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.12 64% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 67%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 456GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1779 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5680 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.6% Very good	Read 155 Write 109 Mixed 139 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 442GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3814 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6447 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1269 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43977 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 115 Mixed 101 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 97GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3128 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9813 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88% Excellent	Read 192 Write 115 Mixed 92.1 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 110%

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Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming SOC-CF Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 169%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 142%

UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming SOC-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	14x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	5x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1x

GPU
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	4x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	3x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x
Raid 1 Volume 2TBIntelBench 202%, 505 samples	2x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 51,435 samples	4x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 30,689 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	2x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $956

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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