Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.5% 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 Drive196% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170329
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 15 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User SAU-User
Background CPU10%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Memory 89.6
1-Core 129
2-Core 254
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 782
78% 637 Pts
64-Core 787
49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 112
Parallax 94.9
87% 104 fps
MRender 95.1
Gravity 99.8
Splatting 98.9
80% 98 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
196% Outstanding
Read 2,205
Write 1,159
Mixed 1,181
333% 1,515 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 27
111% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 59.4
DQ Mixed 39.4
40% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 196%
Great: 236%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB
427GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
37% Below average
Read 77.4
Write 51.4
Mixed 55.9
46% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 1.73
4K Mixed 0.4
101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 37%
Great: 51%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB
109GB free, PID 0730
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
23% Poor
Read 55
Write 53.5
Mixed 44.3
65% 51 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.08
4K Mixed 0.11
42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 23%
Great: 36%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.1% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 20.4
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.2
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 117%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 Builds (Compare 116 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 108%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $866
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