Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 20:14
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 249 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 671 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 103 86% 106 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 96 Splatting 98.1 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 785GB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1611 943 943 936 940 938 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,456 Write 2,459 Mixed 1,675 SusWrite 1,052 376% 1,660 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 85.8 298% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,558 DQ Write 1,360 DQ Mixed 1,447 1,088% 1,455 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 298%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 304 292 291 290 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 487 Mixed 314 SusWrite 294 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 49 178% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 241 203% 299 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 332GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1254 855 858 855 852 852 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,938 Write 2,174 Mixed 1,688 SusWrite 921 378% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 75.8 272% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,513 DQ Write 1,248 DQ Mixed 1,337 1,013% 1,366 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 284%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 374GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 136 135 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 100 SusWrite 135 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x16GB 9,340 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 125%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,043

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