Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	216% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '20 at 02:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$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 (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 739 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 121% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 608 591 579 572 562 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,104 Write 1,960 Mixed 1,581 SusWrite 626 351% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 79.7 281% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 69.9 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 88 84% 126 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 355%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 928GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 155 156 156 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 154 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 155 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.6 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 30.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	127x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	32x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	6x

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Total price: $767

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 $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