Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics101% 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 Drive290% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8  (all builds)
Memory20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime6.5 Days
Run DateAug 01 '20 at 09:08
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Memory 93.5
1-Core 141
2-Core 249
91% 161 Pts
4-Core 481
8-Core 752
76% 617 Pts
64-Core 722
45% 722 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.77
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 179
Parallax 160
94% 151 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 185
Splatting 119
116% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 101%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1266 1165 1158 1154 1166 1164 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
290% Outstanding
Read 2,080
Write 1,775
Mixed 960
SusWrite 1,179
335% 1,498 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 72.3
261% 98.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1225
DQ Write 1,234
DQ Mixed 1,083
854% 1,181 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 290%
Great: 302%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71
845GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 120 109 111 112 112 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 145
Write 174
Mixed 70
SusWrite 109
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73%
Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
934GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 119 121 122 123 123 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Read 148
Write 145
Mixed 93.9
SusWrite 114
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.4% Above average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 14.6
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 19
SC Mixed 18.6
50% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 61
66% 61 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 Builds (Compare 168 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $767
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