Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	276% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	May 05 '19 at 00:56
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 752 77% 621 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 197 Parallax 176 154% 187 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 174 Splatting 128 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 566GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 1088 1092 1090 1091 1084 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2009 Write 1,726 Mixed 797 SusWrite 1,110 315% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 69.1 258% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 1,024 DQ Mixed 926 740% 1,037 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 611GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 758 677 658 661 653 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 168 168 171 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 132 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 168 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 99%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 904GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 122 122 122 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 180 Write 216 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 123 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 375% 3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 2x8GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.9% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 103%

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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 $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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Value: 75% - Very good

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 $184	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) $35	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