Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.1% 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	29.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 03:24
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 534 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 94% 113 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 84.3 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 108GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2898 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1798 (B1) Unknown 99 99 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 53 53 46576 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6178485377	110% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 445 Mixed 512 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 30.6 156% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 93.7 140% 265 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3797711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -95185065207514 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1764 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 173 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 74 60134391847 (C2) HDA temperature 39 74 60134391847 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3797711 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3797711 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3797711 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6097 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4332 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4332 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10371	29.2% Poor	Read 42 Write 93.1 Mixed 23.6 12% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 11.6 64% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 22.8 29% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1336 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1260 (C2) HDA temperature 95 83 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71% Very good	Read 120 Write 128 Mixed 118 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 2x8GB 3,888 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

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