Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '20 at 06:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 732 69% 571 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 138 124% 128 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 120GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 341 Write 380 Mixed 323 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.4 192% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 345 263% 355 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 115%
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 188GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 302 303 303 302 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 478 Mixed 418 SusWrite 318 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 62.7 222% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 318GB free Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 394 399 396 399 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 440 Mixed 354 SusWrite 401 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 51.5 187% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 286 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 87GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 108 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 79%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	984x
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	211x

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: $950

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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