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 as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	123% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 09:33
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$250 712,312 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)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 290 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 807 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1858 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1239 (B1) Unknown 99 99 24 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 300 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13940924131	123% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 503 Mixed 516 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 49.4 183% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 167 172% 283 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 148GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 81 10887086 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 69 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 279756598 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 67 37 34159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16639 (BC) Unknown 100 95 8590070075 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 40 223961022501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 60 17179869221 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 37 10887086 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50002009297620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3853787265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4121656283	19.5% Very poor	Read 45.3 Write 22.3 Mixed 41 28% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 84GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 165 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4609 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4104 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1983 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28421 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 34 (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	47.3% Average	Read 82.4 Write 82.2 Mixed 90.6 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 27.5 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 31.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 107%

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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 $250Bench 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 $46

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