Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '19 at 01:19
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 568 74% 560 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1651 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 95% 116 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 161 118 116 109 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 878 Write 624 Mixed 190 SusWrite 152 102% 461 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 35.3 136% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 579 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 124 195% 376 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 72GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,381 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,313 380% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 86.6 299% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,489 DQ Mixed 1,001 822% 1,154 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 31GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 56 56 56 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 47.7 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 55.2 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 298GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 38 Write 37.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 38.2 50% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 26.2 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 28.3 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 95%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 - $240

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $39Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,037

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16