Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 111 2-Core 205 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 572 55% 453 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.5% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 83.7 66% 83.3 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 71.4 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 381 314 281 245 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 419 Mixed 354 SusWrite 308 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 42 142% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 216 226 251 234 247 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 364 Write 281 Mixed 268 SusWrite 230 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 31.2 116% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 162 153% 238 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 90%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 81GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 78 94 94 96 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 160 Write 114 Mixed 127 SusWrite 93.5 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 27.4 106% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 111 88% 123 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$38 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 130 129 128 129 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 118 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 127 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 113%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 127 127 127 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 150 Write 135 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 126 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x
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	153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
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	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,054

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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