Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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.
Boot Drive	270% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 03:37
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 247 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 774 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 140 Parallax 122 106% 131 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 129 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 617 615 614 612 607 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,365 Write 2,100 Mixed 1,493 SusWrite 657 369% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 85.4 273% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,211 DQ Write 1,030 DQ Mixed 1,103 831% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 455GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 447 449 430 430 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 152 Mixed 200 SusWrite 441 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 51.3 180% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 268 206% 285 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 211GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 345 346 348 349 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 359 Write 366 Mixed 283 SusWrite 344 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 30.9 126% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 178 175% 278 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 101%
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 94GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 148 151 144 145 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 349 Write 195 Mixed 193 SusWrite 149 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 22.2 81% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 97.8 DQ Mixed 145 113% 159 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 71%
WD Elements 2621 1TB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 697GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 105 106 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 112 Write 99.1 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 104 128% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 111%

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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	993x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	331x
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	217x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	41x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $735

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16