Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	158% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 11:10
Run Duration	2489 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 740 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4877 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.25 7% 9.4 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,350 Write 541 Mixed 784 196% 891 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 47 185% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 95.5 136% 248 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15338 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1908 (B1) Unknown 97 97 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 340 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24006747519	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 403 Mixed 418 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 45.8 172% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 114 134% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 680GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3095 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7002 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 165 Mixed 158 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.35 138% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 90GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 68.2 Write 48.3 Mixed 50.4 68% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 45%
Adata DashDrive Elite UE700 USB 3.0 64GB-$33 375 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 5GB free, PID de7a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 206 Write 58.1 Mixed 10.2 82% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.59 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.02 25% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 27.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 29.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	984x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	326x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	255x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	242x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	211x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	40x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $950

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16