Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive122% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7  (all builds)
Memory7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170210
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJan 24 '18 at 11:56
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 82.7
1-Core 140
2-Core 272
90% 165 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 650
69% 550 Pts
64-Core 738
46% 738 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 154
Reflection 167
Parallax 172
126% 164 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 152
Splatting 110
100% 124 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 114%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154
391GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 1,607
Write 272
Mixed 439
166% 773 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 79.1
4K Mixed 13.6
118% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 41.8
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 13.5
56% 116 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 122%
Great: 155%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
268GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Read 161
Write 151
Mixed 129
110% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.84
4K Mixed 0.22
89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
58.5% Above average
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 17.8
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 16.3
SC Mixed 14.7
43% 14.9 GB/s
Latency 75.8
53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 Builds (Compare 345 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $793
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