Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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	106% 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	308% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (86^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 248 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 659 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 109% 124 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 130 Splatting 101 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB 10,220 User benchmarks, average bench 331% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1365 1107 1133 1092 994 1083 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,406 Write 2,208 Mixed 1,446 SusWrite 1129 402% 1,797 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 78.8 277% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,397 DQ Write 1,204 DQ Mixed 1,270 960% 1,291 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 431%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 858GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 77 SusWrite 126 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 158 156 159 162 162 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 15 14 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 186 Write 158 Mixed 81 SusWrite 16.1 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 824GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 105 105 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 90 Write 90 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 106 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 927GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 135 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 122 Mixed 65 SusWrite 133 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 148 154 151 153 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 154 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 150 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 915GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 105 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 98.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 103 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 29 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 106%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	82x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	8x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	5x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 2,149 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 82%, 3,198 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 2,357 samples	3x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $866

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 $182	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) $30	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