Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	215% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 00:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 769 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1502 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 68% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 1,036 Mixed 1,079 302% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 39.9 192% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 23.9 95% 222 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 124 124 25789792562 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1009 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1009 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454511649 (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	99.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 168 Mixed 165 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 520GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 170 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 809 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1739 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 35 (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	64.8% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 170 101% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK3276GSX 320GB-$10 4,568 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 280GB free Firmware: GS001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 7896 (0A) Spinup retry count 161 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2662 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 324 (BC) Unknown 100 99 407 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 538181663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 20698 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6488163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 215669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.7% Average	Read 75.5 Write 80.2 Mixed 78.4 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%

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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