Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	112% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 21:05
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 723 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 122 111% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 177GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 331 377 380 379 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 417 Write 472 Mixed 357 SusWrite 365 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 28.5 118% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 210 174% 248 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 105%
Aego 120GB 120GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0607A SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 342 430 436 436 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 444 Mixed 442 SusWrite 401 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 51.4 168% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 105 138% 251 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
SH00R060GB 60GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 32GB free Firmware: 02000004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 51 42 44 42 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 42% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 652GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 182 188 187 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 171 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 184 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 123 123 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 122 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 179% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 67%
SABRENT 1TB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2GB free Firmware: 0204 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 56.8 Write 54.5 Mixed 25.2 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.6 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 97%

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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 $250Bench 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: $1,058

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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