Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '19 at 19:58
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 105 2-Core 190 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 526 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 90.9 78% 97.7 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 95.7 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Patriot Ignite M2 240GB 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 264 246 225 184 160 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 315GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 168 168 173 149 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 164 Mixed 81 SusWrite 166 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 64GB 1,211 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 57GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 11 13 11 13 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 26.5 Write 18.5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 12.3 20% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.2 224% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $95Bench 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 $177	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