Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	329% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 20:37
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 786 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M2000 5,678 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1190) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1651 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 27.4 23% 28.7 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 27.3 Splatting 27 22% 27.1 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1364 1846 1857 1991 1872 1842 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,398 Write 2097 Mixed 1,271 SusWrite 1,795 424% 1,890 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 69.5 242% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,178 DQ Write 989 DQ Mixed 1,073 807% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 393%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 947GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 89 Write 80.5 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 92.4 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 898GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 87 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 89 Write 88.8 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 85.8 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 57%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 138 144 143 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 73.7 Write 82.3 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 138 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 96%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 401GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 79 81 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 77.8 Write 17 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 79.2 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 110%

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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 $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