Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 14:06
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 490 67% 496 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 83.5 115% 97.6 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 91.7 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 181 50 49 56 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 401GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 158 156 157 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 89.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 157 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 7GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 16 16 17 16 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 15.7 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 15.9 28% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.6 157% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 31%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 640GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 221GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 38 Write 36.5 Mixed 16 36% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 16%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 372GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 39 Write 39 Mixed 23.3 42% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 42%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID a820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 6.8 14 8.5 6.4 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.41% Terrible	Read 39.5 Write 35.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 9.1 27% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.4 74% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.41% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 19.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 79%

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Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 Builds (Compare 345 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	222x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 14,957 samples	12x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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