Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 22:22
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 731 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 128 Parallax 103 97% 116 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 80.4 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1003B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 27 (A3) Unknown 100 100 30 (A4) Unknown 100 100 299 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13742 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2896 (F5) Unknown 100 100 19136	64.1% Good	Read 506 Write 395 Mixed 451 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 13.8 57% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 8.41 20% 39.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9996128 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 981 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 26399804023 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 47 47 53 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20458 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 90194313252 (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 -136373801550896 (F1) Unknown 100 253 65131568915 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76176608754	92.3% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 166 Mixed 163 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 416GB free Firmware: AD14 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 83 220148445 (03) Spinup time 95 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 129482555916 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 47944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1457 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2901 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 639828006 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 51539607590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 28 220148445 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 92.8 Mixed 83.9 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 540GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 7.14 Write 41.3 Mixed 28.7 39% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 109%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	222x
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 $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x
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	12x

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: $793

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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