PC Z270X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics119% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemPC Z270X-Ultra Gaming-CF  (all builds)
MotherboardGigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming-CF
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170707
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateSep 24 '18 at 23:32
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 96.7
1-Core 127
2-Core 257
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 686
67% 549 Pts
64-Core 745
46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
119% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 185
Parallax 181
133% 176 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 163
Splatting 113
106% 131 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 119%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1981
Write 948
Mixed 514
250% 1,148 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 50.2
204% 78.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,036
DQ Write 704
DQ Mixed 919
673% 886 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125
4.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 183 200 197 190 187 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 195
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 192
117% 161 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
444% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 112%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4X8GD3200C16K4 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
MC Read 34.1
MC Write 34
MC Mixed 27.3
91% 31.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 25.4
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 51.3
78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

System: PC Z270X-Ultra Gaming-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $901
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