Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 22:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 513 68% 512 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 171 Parallax 161 115% 158 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 117 102% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 103GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2352 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 52 206159282204 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3146568285 (F7) Unknown 100 100 98410687 (F8) Unknown 100 100 80278406 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1924 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 484 Write 341 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 16 65% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 67.6 DQ Write 46.2 DQ Mixed 20 25% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 99%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5236 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1071 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81361744 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 123 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6680 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13598 (F9) Unknown 100 100 344328133	61.7% Good	Read 454 Write 409 Mixed 431 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 10.7 57% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 10.9 16% 29 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3647 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 23 (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	93.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 153 Mixed 121 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	987x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	327x
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	243x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	213x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	86x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	40x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $949

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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