Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	32GB 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 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.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 03:42
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 637 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 127 111% 137 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 123 Splatting 107 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD6SB1M256G1001 256GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 216GB free Firmware: X232201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6608 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 40 (A9) Unknown 100 100 377 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 56 240519413799 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 33 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2724 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1673 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9318 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 382 Write 397 Mixed 370 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 23.5 125% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 48.8 90% 180 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 96%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 89GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 8 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7483 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 117 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 99 99 8 (B5) Unknown 99 99 8 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 943668653	99.6% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 434 Mixed 458 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 24 132% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 77.3 124% 237 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 720GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 144 8383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 953 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.6% Average	Read 89 Write 76.6 Mixed 82.7 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 558GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146948944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 232194504 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 572260383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34332 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40608915769006 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29159324666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 389293548982
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 8502 2800 C16 Series 8502 2666 C15 Series 8502 2666 C15 Series 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 16.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $949

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