Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	274% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 20:30
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 584 82% 604 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.06% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11 Parallax 8.41 7% 9.25 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.06% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 210 Parallax 190 160% 199 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 195 Splatting 134 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 940 638 648 647 632 643 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,595 Write 2,355 Mixed 1,493 SusWrite 691 398% 1,784 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 84.4 322% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 436 380% 581 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 340%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1GB free Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 444 Write 149 Mixed 188 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43.2 175% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 143 110% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
Jmicron Generic 500GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 465GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 238 229 231 230 230 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 403 Write 376 Mixed 352 SusWrite 232 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 30.8 99% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 167 123% 162 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 91%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 8GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 87.4 Write 8.7 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 53.8 33% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 95 96 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 111 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 94.8 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 8GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 97 101 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 123 Write 119 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 99 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 72GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 78 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 86.5 Write 84.1 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 77.2 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 74GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 54 54 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 63.4 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 54.1 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 366GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 82 82 85 84 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 82.9 Write 109 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 83.9 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 194 206 202 205 204 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 16% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 28.2 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 95%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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