Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime14.1 Days
Run DateJan 21 '20 at 01:06
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 127
2-Core 233
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 588
60% 487 Pts
64-Core 547
34% 547 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 172
Reflection 187
Parallax 182
140% 180 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 168
Splatting 119
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,272
Write 1,964
Mixed 1,320
411% 1,852 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 68.5
232% 85.6 MB/s
DQ Read 941
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 434
378% 578 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Intel Optane+931G 1TB
930GB free
Firmware: 15.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 122 126 126 125 125 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
67GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 125 124 125 125 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Read 128
Write 110
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 124
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
70.1% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 20.4
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 26.3
SC Mixed 21.3
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 63.7
63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 1,852 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $958
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