Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	242% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (all builds)
Memory	38.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 20:51
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$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 (86^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 271 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 721 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 194 Parallax 192 145% 188 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 173 Splatting 124 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 611 547 519 497 482 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,364 Write 843 Mixed 818 SusWrite 562 251% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 66.2 226% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,127 DQ Write 824 DQ Mixed 913 699% 955 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 353%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 583GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 118 118 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 141 Write 116 Mixed 89 SusWrite 117 153% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.6 230% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 53%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 64GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 58GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 52 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 88 Write 15.2 Mixed 23 SusWrite 61.2 54% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.3 84% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 40%
HGST HDS 724040ALE640 4TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 8016 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 162 162 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 144 Write 153 Mixed 31 SusWrite 162 163% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK32GX4M2C3000C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK32GX4M2C3000C16 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 74%

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Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 Builds (Compare 168 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	127x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	32x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $67Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	6x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $755

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16