Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 21:22
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 570 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2230 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 120 294% 120 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 150 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2091	71.6% Very good	Read 509 Write 346 Mixed 131 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 7.87 79% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 32.8 63% 130 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 820GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145480608 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 166241177 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43160 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 47244640284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119241177050963 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22833849490 (F2) Unknown 100 253 510604944251	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 176 Mixed 177 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.18 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 396GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 195 15576 (03) Spinup time 201 190 2908 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10287 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5098 (C0) Power-off retract count 194 194 4815 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5471 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 28 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.6% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 90.7 Mixed 78.5 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 239GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 97 1000 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 48 48 54233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8720196194 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 30 1000 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69965017268043 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3261263949 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3956038392	62.5% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.67 116% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 4x8GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 29.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 29 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 119%

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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	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	215x

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