Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD5-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '23 at 19:46
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 136 2-Core 250 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 727 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 94.7 75% 97.5 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 81.8 72% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$75 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 821 1599 511 175 190 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1524 Write 1,894 Mixed 1,596 SusWrite 576 315% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 67.6 208% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 878 DQ Write 579 DQ Mixed 792 574% 750 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 44GB free Firmware: HP34 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 17,657 Mixed 52.6 6,328% 8,855 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 641GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 195 195 198 198 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 132 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 194 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SMD4-U8G48MB-24RX 2x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	59	33	60	23.9"	1280 720	ENC2634 FS2434

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Gaming 107%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	55x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	13x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	7x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	7x
Ultimate SU800 512GBAdata $71Bench 104%, 31,280 samples	4x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	4x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 93%, 2,584 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	4x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16