Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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.
Boot Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$235 712,312 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 (17^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 197 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 783 70% 589 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 152 Parallax 133 110% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 109 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 89 84 38 107 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 293 Write 260 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 77.3 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 16.7 78% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 24.6 59% 123 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1TB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 116 122 121 119 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 96.5 Write 81 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 106 19% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0.6 6% 3.37 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 6.9 DQ Mixed 1.7 2% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 18%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 171 170 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 166 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 171 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 503GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 106 108 111 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 90.7 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 111 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.5 214% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 90%
Plugable USB3-SATA-U3 320GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 141GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 65 64 63 64 62 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45% Average	Read 91.8 Write 92.7 Mixed 59 SusWrite 64.9 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 45%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 99 101 101 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 103 Write 94.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 100 120% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 63%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 80 79 81 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 88.5 Write 88.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 80.2 106% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 37% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 15.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	224x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	44x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 14,957 samples	12x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $572

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16