Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 05:08
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 237 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 523 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 163 Parallax 172 117% 160 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 146 Splatting 107 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 38 40 43 44 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 120GB free Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 333 340 367 376 382 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 855 Write 426 Mixed 490 SusWrite 374 119% 536 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 39.6 151% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 454 DQ Mixed 302 250% 353 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 181%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 384GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 364 358 387 393 400 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,149 Write 1,021 Mixed 612 SusWrite 436 180% 805 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 49.1 163% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 913 701% 957 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 302%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 198GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 175 173 175 173 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 125 Write 101 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 174 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 110%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 5.3 12 13 13 14 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 14.8 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 10.7 21% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$127 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 120%

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

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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 $241Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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