Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	36.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 00:05
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 298 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 789 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3027 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 204 Parallax 203 156% 200 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 184 Splatting 126 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo D1 SSD 120GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 29 11 16 39 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 446 Write 364 Mixed 341 SusWrite 74.9 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 0.9 44% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 1 12% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 286 286 286 286 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 422 Mixed 364 SusWrite 306 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.5 201% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 440 Write 410 Mixed 360 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52 186% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 236 212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 199GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 57 58 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 93 Write 93.5 Mixed 53 SusWrite 57.6 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AR32C16S8K2SU416R 2x8GB 3,827 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 32.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 108%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	9x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	5x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 2,149 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 82%, 3,198 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 2,357 samples	3x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16