Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 130% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	144% 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	252% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 08:06
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 880 92% 735 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2975 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 223 Parallax 198 168% 209 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 198 Splatting 139 129% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,874 Write 1,667 Mixed 1,604 382% 1,715 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.7 163% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 159 225% 418 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 353%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 319GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,135 Write 1,250 Mixed 1,602 368% 1,662 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 44.2 151% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 172 242% 447 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 211%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 112GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2499 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1656 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 384 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16868259841	96.9% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 489 Mixed 511 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 37 122% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 149 126% 173 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 614GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 165 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4513 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2073 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33309 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 126 Mixed 121 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 27.3 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 32 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 106%

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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	602x
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	154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,038

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16