Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% 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	191% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '20 at 14:07
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$230 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 258 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 752 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 90% 109 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.9 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 315 311 280 227 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,784 Write 1370 Mixed 538 SusWrite 311 221% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 52.7 189% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 645 568% 852 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 309 309 309 309 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 467 Mixed 392 SusWrite 312 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.8 199% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 327 329 327 329 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 323 Mixed 304 SusWrite 320 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.2 151% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 179 154% 221 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 119 120 131 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 55.7 Write 105 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 121 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 194% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 197 194 197 196 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 166 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 194 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 27 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 29 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 103%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming - $165

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	992x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	329x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	255x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	244x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	216x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	41x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16