Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	280% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 19:41
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (42^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 76.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 751 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 117 97% 119 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 107 Splatting 98.7 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1127 891 965 920 898 663 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2127 Write 1,671 Mixed 1,332 SusWrite 911 337% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 79.2 266% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,469 DQ Write 1,075 DQ Mixed 1,234 932% 1,259 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 372%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 290 290 290 289 286 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,758 Write 1,381 Mixed 607 SusWrite 466 233% 1,053 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 30.3 186% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 814 695% 1,011 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 68GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 91.2 Write 92.8 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 80.7 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 85GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 171 169 171 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 90 Write 71.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 170 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 908GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 175 174 174 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 117 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 173 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 349% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 172%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	83x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	9x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	5x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 2,149 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 82%, 3,198 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 2,357 samples	3x

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Total price: $865

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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