Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.9% 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	210% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	422 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 545 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 85% 106 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97 Splatting 81.5 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2,192 Write 1,095 Mixed 1,242 332% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 21.4 163% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 22.6 73% 147 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 738 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 12 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (64) Unknown 100 100 998080 (65) Unknown 100 100 115200 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 594 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 650 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 738 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 188979675164 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 738 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1766 (EA) Unknown 100 100 522 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1347 (F2) Unknown 100 100 626 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 5013	63.1% Good	Read 462 Write 191 Mixed 221 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 10.7 83% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 27.8 69% 150 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 689 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 213 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13144415058	56.6% Above average	Read 476 Write 118 Mixed 180 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 9.51 99% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 18.6 26% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135546872 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6482 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 459746 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (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 76 43 39058866200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14471 (C2) HDA temperature 24 57 60129542168 (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 -20508468834886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 506867404 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12748061712	99% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 158 Mixed 168 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 232GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228066168 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8632305476 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 77 45 387317783 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 5 5 190848 (C2) HDA temperature 23 55 51539607575 (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 17261473572790 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11275199384 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12704281411
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Read 30.9 Write 4 Mixed 6.79 12% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.05 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 30% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 23.9 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x
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	154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Total price: $1,043

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16