Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	386% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 07:29
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 294 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 797 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 118% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1722 2121 2171 2205 2204 2206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 2,786 Write 2,206 Mixed 1,558 SusWrite 2,105 485% 2,164 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 85.6 302% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,288 DQ Write 1,093 DQ Mixed 1,164 880% 1,182 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 215GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 485 486 485 483 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 489 Mixed 408 SusWrite 486 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 64.9 218% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 317 245% 335 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 487 490 490 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 488 Mixed 412 SusWrite 489 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 63.1 215% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 360 259% 333 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 217GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 250 248 249 250 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 473 Write 248 Mixed 174 SusWrite 250 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 27 129% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 60.7 95% 186 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%
SST TS231UC-1 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 181 175 169 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.7% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 168 Mixed 81 SusWrite 174 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.9 218% 2 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 108%
SST TS231UC-2 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 196 186 191 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 193 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 191 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.8 212% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 27.2 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 31 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

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Gaming 108%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $86Bench 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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16