Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 18:40
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 457 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 135 Parallax 116 102% 125 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 120 Splatting 98.9 87% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,456 Write 1,117 Mixed 1,370 362% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 51.5 218% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 191 212% 363 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 236%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -40759239636605 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1078 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 36 60131901467 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 388542 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 388542 (F2) Unknown 100 100 362079 (F9) Unknown 100 100 42220	76.9% Very good	Read 504 Write 212 Mixed 271 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 16.2 114% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 45.3 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 760GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 416 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 474 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 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	94.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 154 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 714 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 588 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 26 (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	74% Very good	Read 163 Write 94.6 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 114GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 137 Write 70 Mixed 88.4 115% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.79 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.86 108% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 138%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	220x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 14,957 samples	12x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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