Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 06:51
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 785 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 136 105% 134 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk SSD 240GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 121 97 135 60 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 406 Write 200 Mixed 193 SusWrite 83.1 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 28% 6.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 52%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 193 194 193 192 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 191 Mixed 93 SusWrite 194 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	991x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	329x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	255x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	244x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	215x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	41x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $727

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16