Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 15:01
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 817 88% 701 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.59 7% 9.64 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9226000 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 33002528708499 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 876 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 51 47247982624 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 47247982624 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9226000 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9226000 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9226000 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13564 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22984 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22984 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1884	71% Very good	Read 496 Write 239 Mixed 290 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.8 117% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 13.7 28% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 90627445 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 76010193 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 120701465919987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (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 71 56 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 973 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58317065945477 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18366742493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11995880711	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 180 Mixed 160 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 31.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 107%

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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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Total price: $1,050

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