Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80% 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	201% 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 21:00
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$230 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 275 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 765 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 112 Parallax 86.8 81% 99.5 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 95.8 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 174GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1077 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 603 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131077 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 63 61 167505035301 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1322 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1274 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8118 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 344512	79.8% Very good	Read 522 Write 505 Mixed 511 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 9.94 78% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 48.7 59% 102 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 2,696 Write 1,014 Mixed 1,223 359% 1,645 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 15.8 102% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 44.8 DQ Mixed 11.4 16% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 34GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18306404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -138615774497024 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1630 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 149 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 41 60132229152 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 60132229152 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18306404 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18306404 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18306404 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22473 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13589 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13589 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29087	52% Above average	Read 489 Write 163 Mixed 272 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 9.38 61% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 9.52 35% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 507GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 176 167 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2903 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2806 (C2) HDA temperature 110 106 33 (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	86.5% Excellent	Read 171 Write 131 Mixed 150 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 102% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 204GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 118 111 7100 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2464 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 100540 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 31 (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	53.7% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 103 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.2 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 28 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 105%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 - $240

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,043

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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