Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	143% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 21:16
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$250 712,312 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 (63^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 228 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 723 68% 566 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 140 Parallax 117 109% 130 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 109 Splatting 88 79% 97.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 41 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 666 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (64) Unknown 100 100 2149248 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 16 (B2) Unknown 100 100 44 (B4) Unknown 100 100 17998 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 339303202859 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 5 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 41 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7062 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6623 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8780 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 22102	143% Outstanding	Read 1,147 Write 1,114 Mixed 1,010 244% 1,091 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 16.1 89% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 84.1 DQ Mixed 16.4 25% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 181%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 318GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 452 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 300 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5227834089	71.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 422 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 12.4 83% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 14.6 22% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 196GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1273 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 764 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8821544284	69.5% Good	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 11.4 78% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 36.6 DQ Mixed 40.3 28% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 870GB free Firmware: SM28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149917520 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28747205 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1055 (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 47 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3328 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 47244640287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	64.8% Good	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 111 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.82 221% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 865GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143417320 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2970771 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7404 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 34359738402 (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 -17566416240261 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4383096042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8976881595	108% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 177 Mixed 157 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 28.1 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 111%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	598x
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	152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
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	42x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Total price: $1,058

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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