Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 22:07
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 629 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 78.3 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 71.8 64% 79.9 fps	Gravity 79.8 Splatting 74.2 68% 77 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 154620198942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1540134401 (F7) Unknown 100 100 48238282 (F8) Unknown 100 100 26253355 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1246 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	54.7% Above average	Read 475 Write 332 Mixed 334 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 7.29 50% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 33.5 DQ Mixed 7.48 11% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 509GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 119140342 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2528197 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 70 454754331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 27 19 81604378651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 1 119140342 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40587440947366 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1769565480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1636758149	86.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 155 Mixed 154 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 832GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 94.1 Write 97.7 Mixed 65.4 108% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 44%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1.5TB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 138GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 39.8 Mixed 7.77 34% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.18 20% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	224x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	44x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 14,957 samples	12x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $572

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16