Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99% 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	397% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 05:15
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 714 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 132 Parallax 124 102% 127 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 115 Splatting 115 93% 113 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2014 1945 1936 1976 1940 1937 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	397% Outstanding	Read 2,427 Write 2,171 Mixed 876 SusWrite 1,958 416% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 302 4K Mixed 77.3 352% 147 MB/s	DQ Read 1,381 DQ Write 1,985 DQ Mixed 1,609 1,237% 1,658 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 397% Great: 393%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 337GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 68 69 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 161 Write 56.8 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 69 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 115%

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

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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 $242Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,050

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