Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	145% 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	266% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 18:26
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$242 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 838 87% 697 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2975 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Lighting 211 Reflection 220 Parallax 213 172% 215 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 199 Splatting 134 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,883 Write 1,706 Mixed 1,645 389% 1,745 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 41.7 212% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 248 264% 437 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 353%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 279GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,075 Write 1,255 Mixed 1,600 364% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 48.7 195% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 180 243% 443 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 211%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 118GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2333 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1583 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 376 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16641309743	119% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 492 Mixed 512 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 42.5 173% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 153 169% 284 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 194GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 165 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4440 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2065 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33064 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 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	55.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 75.8 Mixed 109 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 31.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	598x
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	152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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