Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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	326% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 17:02
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 257 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 831 76% 635 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 4175 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 184 Parallax 175 158% 185 fps	MRender 220 Gravity 169 Splatting 118 133% 169 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 139%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 1047 1513 726 1437 1560 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,560 Write 1,500 Mixed 1,234 SusWrite 1,159 358% 1,613 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 97.4 322% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1306 DQ Write 1,073 DQ Mixed 1,073 835% 1,151 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 354%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

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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	987x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	327x
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 $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	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	71x
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 $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 $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