Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 21:05
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 781 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 204 Parallax 197 148% 194 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 174 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 395GB free Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 90 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1310732 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 315 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 42 180390002714 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 134 (EA) Unknown 100 100 154 (F1) Unknown 253 253 152 (F2) Unknown 253 253 559 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 502 Write 308 Mixed 300 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 23.1 132% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 45.1 61% 106 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 119%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 468GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 124 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 176094838811 (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 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 154 Write 87.7 Mixed 94.6 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.09 44% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 98%

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI - $88

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	392x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	273x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GBXPGBench 246%, 21,659 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $583

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