Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	217% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 23:47
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$230 712,312 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)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 799 76% 627 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,836 Write 1,296 Mixed 1,212 321% 1,448 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 24.3 185% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 58.1 DQ Write 474 DQ Mixed 238 192% 257 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 47GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 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 95 95 8301519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 109427176787851 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 71 55839227930 (C2) HDA temperature 26 71 55839227930 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8301519 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8301519 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8301519 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15094 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14614 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14614 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4587	69.2% Good	Read 491 Write 141 Mixed 190 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 17.7 116% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 50 69% 127 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 687GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170304177 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4422 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 160685989 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1127 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 589430819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 22 170304177 (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 -121126667654442 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1605468752 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1222129905	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 98 Mixed 97.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 402GB free Firmware: 02.00A02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 9783 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5413 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 306481 (C2) HDA temperature 118 85 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	48.8% Average	Read 82.8 Write 87.2 Mixed 81.6 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 101%

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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 $295	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 $45	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