Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 91.8%, 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	42.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170823
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 19:10
Run Duration	487 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 261 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 793 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 170 Parallax 140 119% 152 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 169 Splatting 125 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 524 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 106 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 454502977	109% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 388 Mixed 421 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 49.6 169% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 117 131% 225 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4316594423 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 58 180388626467 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 352188170322 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 111 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1154 (F1) Unknown 253 253 322 (F2) Unknown 253 253 518 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.9% Average	Read 417 Write 113 Mixed 145 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 3.77 48% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 4.33 39% 91.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113417464 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1552814 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 68 488243228 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 120 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (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 122913374077115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1343108631 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9197935173	69.9% Good	Read 82.1 Write 160 Mixed 103 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.05 4K Mixed 0.8 213% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 110%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 18.6 Write 3.71 Mixed 5.86 9% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.01 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 1.73 170% 3.45 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 17%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 4GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID a768 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 5.74 Mixed 8.1 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.82 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.009 37% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 26 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 106%

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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 $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