Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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	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.

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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 19:09
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 780 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 80 Parallax 70.4 66% 77.2 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 77 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,308 Write 1,120 Mixed 1,366 352% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 21.3 185% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 530 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 177 202% 350 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 875GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 173569831 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5242447 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 437321754 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 191 (C2) HDA temperature 26 11 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 173569831 (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 50646254355082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3247457480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6500094270	90.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 146 Mixed 121 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.06 16% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 113%
Asmt 2115 500GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 169GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 60.1 Mixed 64.7 48% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 87GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215428703 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 34372767535 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 30066606135 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 38 3878843318301 (C2) HDA temperature 29 62 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 15 215428703 (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 -6798933224663 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1107273693 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2640321928	35.8% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 58.8 Mixed 83.6 53% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 68%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 2033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 987 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1075 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1075 (C2) HDA temperature 116 86 27 (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	29.4% Poor	Read 52.2 Write 49.7 Mixed 53 39% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.33 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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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Total price: $1,058

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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