Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '19 at 19:37
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$241 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 148 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 809 84% 677 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.1% 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 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 203 Parallax 182 148% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 183 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,627 Write 1,351 Mixed 715 272% 1,231 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 67 223% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,273 DQ Write 988 DQ Mixed 904 738% 1055 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 285GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 58 64 59 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 82.2 Write 81.7 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 58.1 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 67%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 280GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 69.2 Write 74.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 90.5 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 20 19 19 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 243 Write 22.8 Mixed 27 SusWrite 19.3 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.3 192% 2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 29.4 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 104%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 - $240

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: $1,054

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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