Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). 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	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 14:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$67 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 402 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 62.7 60% 69 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 56.1 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$26 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 134 125 129 130 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 352 Write 152 Mixed 162 SusWrite 138 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 18.5 78% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 44.7 DQ Mixed 39.6 31% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 130 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 129 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD44G240082 04CB 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 76%

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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 106%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	68x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	155x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	141x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,159

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16