Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.2% 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 Drive192% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime11 Days
Run DateJul 12 '18 at 04:27
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 141
2-Core 261
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 719
72% 588 Pts
64-Core 738
46% 738 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 117
Parallax 101
92% 111 fps
MRender 97.4
Gravity 101
Splatting 104
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 683 667 660 619 582 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 1,365
Write 1,042
Mixed 608
SusWrite 660
205% 919 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 57.6
198% 71 MB/s
DQ Read 864
DQ Write 738
DQ Mixed 581
495% 727 MB/s
Poor: 128%
This bench: 192%
Great: 237%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB
79GB free
Firmware: GG2OACY0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 89 84 74 89 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
45% Average
Read 72.2
Write 68.5
Mixed 30
SusWrite 84.7
46% 63.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 45%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38.1% Below average
MC Read 13.4
MC Write 12.9
MC Mixed 11.2
36% 12.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 11.5
SC Mixed 11.7
33% 11.4 GB/s
Latency 67.3
60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 38.1%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 863 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $1,038
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