Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 145 2-Core 280 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 672 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2604 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 138 Parallax 122 142% 145 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 809GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 60 171799871519 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5803440800 (F7) Unknown 100 100 181907287 (F8) Unknown 100 100 53326081 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4419 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	89.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 335 Mixed 339 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 28.6 124% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 54 101% 205 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 603GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 64 154620133407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 312425929 (F7) Unknown 100 100 9819459 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1562149 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3582 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 486 Write 340 Mixed 342 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 26.5 120% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 46 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 206789641 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 497669261 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 327685 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2034 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 5 206789641 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 172 Mixed 172 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.55 166% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 35 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.6 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 176%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	82x
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	8x

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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $866

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