Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	263% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i7-7700K-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 697 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 135 Parallax 126 103% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 115 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 581 579 479 530 545 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2391 Write 1,960 Mixed 1,583 SusWrite 560 362% 1,624 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 80.8 272% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,179 DQ Write 982 DQ Mixed 1078 808% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 458GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 459 458 407 413 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 157 Mixed 214 SusWrite 432 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 53.6 184% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 262 196% 268 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 126%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 754GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 398 394 409 405 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 410 Mixed 314 SusWrite 401 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 35.9 138% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 184 178% 280 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 442GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 243 249 231 229 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 425 Write 297 Mixed 324 SusWrite 238 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 27 89% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 143 112% 159 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 71%
WD Elements 2621 1TB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 695GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 120 120 119 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 97.4 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 119 132% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.2 162% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 66%
WD Elements 2621 1TB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 590GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 135 135 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 145 Write 128 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 134 162% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 159% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 111%

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	999x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	332x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	257x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	245x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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