Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 22:20
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 296 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 822 80% 659 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 159 Parallax 150 129% 156 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 149 Splatting 115 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 448GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 100 100 155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 151 (A3) Unknown 100 100 48 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5543 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 62 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 59808 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73909 (F5) Unknown 100 100 88688	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 455 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.6 150% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 71.7 112% 212 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11438 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2508 (B1) Unknown 87 87 152 (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 64 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38327629836	80.7% Excellent	Read 503 Write 279 Mixed 306 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 21.2 140% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 21.4 30% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 100GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176886712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37365892 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2487 (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 75 62 17600413721 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66069 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 -140737488355303 (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 89442693943573 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20368290852 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24088322640	72.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 108 Mixed 146 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 27.7 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 32 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	222x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 14,957 samples	12x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $767

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 $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