Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.4% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '19 at 00:43
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 720 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.01% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.41 7% 9.66 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.01% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 67.4 64% 70.9 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 70.9 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 72 65 50 53 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.4% Below average	Read 142 Write 47.7 Mixed 74 SusWrite 57.4 18% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 16.6 65% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 42 DQ Mixed 66.5 63% 103 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 91%
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 138GB free Firmware: P0422C SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 85 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 489 Write 451 Mixed 408 SusWrite 110 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.2 155% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 234 200% 291 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 277GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 95 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 199 Write 165 Mixed 118 SusWrite 95.7 107% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 827GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 191 199 195 191 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 54.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 188 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3300820SCE 300GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 164GB free Firmware: 3.ACH SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 65.8 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 64.5 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 27.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x
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	153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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