Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	298% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 03:54
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 296 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 831 86% 692 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 19.8 11% 20.2 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 14.9 Splatting 20 16% 20.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1151 975 1002 1004 994 1001 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 2,349 Mixed 1,785 SusWrite 1,021 404% 1,796 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 85.5 310% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,549 DQ Write 1,110 DQ Mixed 1266 963% 1,308 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 297%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 931GB free Firmware: S5Z44106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1716 1711 1637 1712 1720 1713 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 1,921 Write 1,720 Mixed 1,370 SusWrite 1,701 377% 1,678 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 86.6 305% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1055 DQ Write 1,108 DQ Mixed 371 475% 845 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 311%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 34,252 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 30.5 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 32.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $775

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