Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	253% 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	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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 792 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 116% 145 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% 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% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 619 587 574 370 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,075 Write 1,981 Mixed 1,459 SusWrite 542 338% 1,514 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 73.7 274% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 1,033 DQ Write 1,367 DQ Mixed 1,117 866% 1,172 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 340%
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 295GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 212 211 209 208 208 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 396 Write 240 Mixed 238 SusWrite 210 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 24 85% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 143 113% 160 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 71%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 646GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 448 430 402 401 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 446 Mixed 402 SusWrite 419 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 49.3 191% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 269 227% 331 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 894GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 399 402 398 394 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 391 Mixed 312 SusWrite 397 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 33.2 149% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 181 173% 269 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 19.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 71%

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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	992x
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	216x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16