Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	182% 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 (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	53.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 16:38
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 190 68% 120 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 770 67% 574 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.1% 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 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 189 Parallax 182 127% 176 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 167 Splatting 124 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 184GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 361 400 397 304 221 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 439 Write 404 Mixed 293 SusWrite 334 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 27.6 96% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 184 165% 254 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 186GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 387 430 444 452 461 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 374 Mixed 373 SusWrite 419 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 39 117% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 339 255% 342 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 133%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1611 1351 1317 1263 854 760 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,423 Write 1,698 Mixed 1240 SusWrite 1,193 313% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 35 120% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 373 271% 358 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 335%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 83GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,718 Write 1,448 Mixed 577 275% 1,247 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 47.3 157% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 445 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 409 293% 379 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 306%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 93 92 93 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 103 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 82.2 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 72%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 800b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 3.3 4.5 4.6 6 5.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	4.38% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 1.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.3 7% 6.82 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.38% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.6 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 140%

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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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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