Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 13:28
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 149 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 808 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 204 Parallax 185 154% 193 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 190 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,007 Write 1,412 Mixed 501 286% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52.3 196% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 1,024 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 627 539% 799 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 134GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 413 412 411 412 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 418 Mixed 268 SusWrite 413 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.9 158% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 320 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 153 156 156 156 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 86 Write 72.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 156 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 80 81 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 59.3 Write 79.2 Mixed 18 SusWrite 81.7 43% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.4 161% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 4x8GB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 133%

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Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 Builds (Compare 168 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	127x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	32x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	6x

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Total price: $767

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