Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 16:49
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 148 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 698 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 84% 108 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 101 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$75 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6053 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2000 (B1) Unknown 91 91 101 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 784 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29992301214
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 705 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47261089997 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 45 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 175 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 48 206158954521 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 416631226664 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1568 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1981 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1471 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3854 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.8% Very good	Read 481 Write 331 Mixed 299 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 19 102% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 47.2 57% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 101%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66586344 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3998 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 34807308622 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 27 73 (BE) vendor-specific 78 51 370540566 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4002 (C2) HDA temperature 22 49 42949672982 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 394GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 124 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4573 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73026 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 31 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 38% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 104%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	994x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	331x
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	217x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16