Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170707
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateOct 16 '21 at 18:25
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 93
1-Core 144
2-Core 283
96% 173 Pts
4-Core 479
8-Core 672
72% 576 Pts
64-Core 728
45% 728 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80% Excellent
Lighting 95.9
Reflection 167
Parallax 102
78% 122 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 106
Splatting 103
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 79 58 83 83 80 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 131
Write 122
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 73
71% 96.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80
66GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 51 51 51 50 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
36.7% Below average
Read 77.3
Write 48.2
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 50.5
42% 56.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
72.2% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 21.2
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 22.6
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 62.1
64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 1,872 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $735
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