Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 02:40
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (93^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 467 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.7 83% 104 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 102 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2379 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1435417 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 370 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 33 171798822945 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1233 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1172 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37344418492 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28670404120	45.1% Average	Read 445 Write 276 Mixed 270 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 9.77 4K Mixed 6.55 33% 9.79 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 7.74 7% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 56%
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 11GB free Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10748009 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 176 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 67 287763922984 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128849936414 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 464 (EA) Unknown 100 100 507 (F1) Unknown 253 253 490 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1682 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.6% Very good	Read 476 Write 212 Mixed 394 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 17.4 112% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 16 83% 190 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1113616 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1775136 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 571605026 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4956 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121504624804255 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3791337106 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4068628686	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 174 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5655 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2392 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5662 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5662 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 171799609380 (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 200 200 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 183 Write 115 Mixed 124 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB 429 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 927GB free Firmware: 0711 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 145 Write 151 Mixed 148 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%

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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	988x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	328x
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	243x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	213x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	86x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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	40x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $938

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $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