Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '20 at 23:21
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 471 58% 446 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1491 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 96.1 64% 83.4 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 61.8 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,671 Write 5.5 SusWrite 0.6 185% 892 MB/s	4K Read 448 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.7 680% 150 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 151GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 180 179 181 182 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 118 Write 78.8 Mixed 73 SusWrite 180 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 112%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 827GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 128 Write 108 Mixed 63 SusWrite 102 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.9 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	991x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	328x
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	214x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	41x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $727

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16