Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	98.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 04:34
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 150 2-Core 277 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 829 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 198 Parallax 173 143% 182 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 174 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 468 333 248 248 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 472 Mixed 386 SusWrite 331 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.6 149% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 325 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 98%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 0GB free Firmware: 2.13 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 154 Mixed 206 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 41.2 152% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 133 108% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 46GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,357 Write 1,151 Mixed 852 248% 1,120 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.1 179% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 847 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 646 521% 736 MB/s
Poor: 122% Great: 219%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 172GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 51 51 50 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 65 Write 67.2 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 50.5 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 48%
SABRENT 3TB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 97 97 95 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 96.6 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 31 10 29 23 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 104 Write 99.3 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 35.3 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 67%
WDC WD10 EARS-00Y5B1 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 730GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 60.3 Write 57.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 0.4 51% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 72% 1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 43%
WDC WD10 EADS-00M2B0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 320GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 74.8 Write 68 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 8.5 66% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 32%
ST2000DM 006-2DM164 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 63 66 66 65 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 81 SusWrite 65.7 151% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 74%
ST332082 0AS 320GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 164GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 64 67 66 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 19.8 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 66.2 57% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 25.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 27.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	128x
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 $195Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $67Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	6x

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Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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