Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	165% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	54.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 13:13
Run Duration	374 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (53^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-$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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 141 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 759 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40% Average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 41.9 36% 46 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 44.7 Splatting 62.5 47% 57 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,338 Write 686 Mixed 953 219% 992 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 44.3 211% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 27.1 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 51GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16070 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3108 (B1) Unknown 95 95 150 (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 70 43 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 90 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1019 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40550502563	99.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 432 Mixed 503 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 24 133% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 91.5 131% 241 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 116%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 12GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10870 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1725 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42972807447 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 508 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 851 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 65 279174250526 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 339321946410 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5078 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5737 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5442 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8501 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65% Good	Read 478 Write 176 Mixed 167 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 18.9 80% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 42.9 86% 179 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 118 Mixed 102 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 4.68 4K Mixed 0.58 200% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3779 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3346 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1089 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43668 (C2) HDA temperature 108 91 42 (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	65.7% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 117 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36889192 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 17341158908 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 56 44 116720730156 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42245 (C2) HDA temperature 44 56 47244640300 (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 -122797409944340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 113773079709 (F2) Unknown 100 253 129509083483	97.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 171 Mixed 163 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 114%
SABRENT 500GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 0204 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 19% Great: 63%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 398GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 90.6 Mixed 69.6 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 4.18 4K Mixed 0.4 170% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 68%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 383GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3238 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 715 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40997 (C2) HDA temperature 104 91 46 (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	65.3% Good	Read 110 Write 117 Mixed 104 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.17 88% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 129%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x
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	153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,043

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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