Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 100%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	135% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 01:30
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$285 179,733 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	SC Int 136 SC Float 143 SC Mixed 139 111% 139 Pts	QC Int 450 QC Float 515 QC Mixed 492 110% 485 Pts	MC Int 698 MC Float 794 MC Mixed 757 112% 750 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$413 309,259 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 3706) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 360 Reflection 314 Parallax 328 108% 334 fps	MRender 210 Gravity 323 Splatting 242 111% 258 fps
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$190 1,880 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 212GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (88^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 2754 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (A2) Unknown 100 100 513 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65538 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 447 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2629	80% Excellent	Read 502 Write 341 Mixed 342 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 10.1 97% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 47.2 94% 193 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 3,944 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 171GB free Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (64) Unknown 100 100 3814208 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 57 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 100 219044577321 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 435 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 80 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 435 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5992 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5575 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5556 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 9225	135% Outstanding	Read 1,139 Write 668 Mixed 762 189% 856 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 14.9 123% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 16.8 88% 205 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 148%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$77 14,172 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 902GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1962 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11088 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 136 Write 150 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 86%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 2,320 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 719GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 10000 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 194 3116 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9975 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3617 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9707 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 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	107% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 178 Mixed 170 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 4.44 4K Mixed 0.45 166% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$72 56,996 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 631GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1802 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1722 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (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	88.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 145 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.33 140% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$55 80,606 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 171GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9985 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3748 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9723 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 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	55.1% Above average	Read 113 Write 78.4 Mixed 78.3 67% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$205 10,815 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 28.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 88%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 - $202

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $285Bench 99%, 179,733 samples	1,599x
Core i5-7600KIntel $215Bench 95%, 57,848 samples	160x
Core i7-6700KIntel $328Bench 90%, 200,391 samples	108x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $480Bench 126%, 239,599 samples	512x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $130Bench 156%, 136,140 samples	423x
GTX 1070Nvidia $413Bench 98%, 309,259 samples	379x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $116Bench 219%, 103,277 samples	237x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $202Bench 235%, 56,177 samples	203x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $104Bench 94%, 327,701 samples	170x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $177Bench 84%, 70,881 samples	112x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $201Bench 88%, 43,705 samples	107x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $205Bench 88%, 10,815 samples	93x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $138
Intel Core i5-8600K $222	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $125

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $911	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12