Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.7% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '19 at 17:08
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 425 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Gigabyte(1458 2311) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 20 13% 17.2 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 12.8 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 256GB 4,055 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 11 10 85 5.7 10 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.2% Average	Read 213 Write 99.2 Mixed 272 SusWrite 42.5 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 13.5 92% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.2 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 54.5 76% 129 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 307GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 151 153 154 153 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 53 Write 110 Mixed 30 SusWrite 151 62% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 4.8 133% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 542GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 86 86 84 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 19 Write 95.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 84.4 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 59%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 270GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 99 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 34.2 Write 102 Mixed 50 SusWrite 101 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

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

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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 $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