Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	115% 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.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 03:52
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$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)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 750 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 145 Parallax 155 125% 151 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 108% 136 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,508 Write 2,391 Mixed 1,698 489% 2,199 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 88.7 297% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1339 DQ Write 1,166 DQ Mixed 1,242 934% 1,249 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 22GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,000 Write 1413 Mixed 570 291% 1,328 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 52.5 219% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 1172 DQ Mixed 692 642% 984 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 118GB free Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 327 327 328 327 327 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 327 Mixed 292 SusWrite 327 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 43.3 156% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 213 193% 293 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 98%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 113GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 88 88 90 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 85.1 Write 82.9 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 87.9 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%

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

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	222x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x
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 $37Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16