Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	45.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 05:33
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$241 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 250 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 783 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 153 Parallax 143 115% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 412GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (A5) Unknown 100 100 549769380038 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 35 279172874282 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 283470594114 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1413 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3695 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2019 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2347 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.2% Very good	Read 497 Write 436 Mixed 466 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 4.84 72% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 5.9 72% 166 MB/s

Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11801907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 31207232386305 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3338 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 300 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 36 30067130396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11801907 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11801907 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11801907 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10894 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10113 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10113 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12745	45.1% Average	Read 209 Write 113 Mixed 128 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 8.91 96% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 29.1 33% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 80%
ST1000DM003-1SB10C 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1763 (A5) Unknown 100 100 115995836842 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 343 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 171 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 63 270583660574 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1189739495936 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3389 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4367 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3874 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4597 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 501 Write 489 Mixed 467 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 29.2 103% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 62 77% 129 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 380GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 186273692 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4312853 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1773 (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 69 63 538902559 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3908 (C2) HDA temperature 31 8 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 186273692 (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 80921478827825 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3998825278 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2263964058	62.6% Good	Read 106 Write 112 Mixed 98.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 27.5 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 - $240

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: $1,054

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