Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.9%, 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	249% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 17:55
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 781 73% 608 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% 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 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 193 Parallax 191 143% 187 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 125 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 120GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 392 396 384 253 226 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 437 Mixed 309 SusWrite 342 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 35.1 130% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 178 161% 248 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 148GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 453 472 464 271 102 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 473 Mixed 443 SusWrite 367 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 50.3 166% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 348 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1821 1402 1390 1408 1227 778 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,866 Write 2102 Mixed 1,753 SusWrite 1,338 398% 1,765 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.6 202% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 731 DQ Write 617 DQ Mixed 715 525% 688 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 335%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 82GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,050 Write 1,447 Mixed 707 308% 1,401 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.9 212% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 698 525% 702 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 306%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 91 93 93 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 86.7 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 91.7 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 29.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 140%

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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 $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