Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 02:11
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$241 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 767 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 68.6 63% 74.3 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 72.5 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 522GB free Firmware: O0821D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 519 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1351 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 125 (A3) Unknown 100 100 74 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17482 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 149201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 177753 (F2) Unknown 100 100 533359 (F5) Unknown 100 100 279712	62.7% Good	Read 503 Write 335 Mixed 405 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 15.1 68% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 40.3 30% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16709 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5513 (B1) Unknown 64 64 362 (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 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2704577359	66.8% Good	Read 493 Write 228 Mixed 130 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 12.5 72% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 10.8 78% 185 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 256GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 157 4883 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18757 (C2) HDA temperature 122 91 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 76.3 Write 71.2 Mixed 66 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.43 119% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	986x
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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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