Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.2% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '20 at 19:07
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 294 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 761 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 106 Parallax 123 98% 116 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.2 93% 117 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,822 Write 258 Mixed 288 168% 790 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 50 228% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,492 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 436 434% 733 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 273%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 58GB free Firmware: AX1G1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 69 68 60 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 92 Write 89.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 67.4 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	994x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 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 $40	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