Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	171% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 11:37
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 649 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 192 Parallax 175 135% 178 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 171 Splatting 125 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 235GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 358 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2818076 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 368 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 48 206159937566 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34359738376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 226 (EA) Unknown 100 100 312 (F1) Unknown 253 253 299 (F2) Unknown 253 253 502 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.7% Above average	Read 496 Write 233 Mixed 274 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 13.1 71% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 63.2 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 26.1 30% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 2,063 Write 831 Mixed 1,103 292% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 26.7 112% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 92.5 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 41.7 46% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 27 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming - $165

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	985x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	326x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	255x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	242x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	212x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	40x

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Total price: $950

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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