Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.71% 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	253% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 02:09
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 800 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 0278) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	9.71% Terrible	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.91 10% 10.4 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 8.47 Splatting 14.9 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.71% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,440 Write 1,348 Mixed 1,402 381% 1,730 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 44 228% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 28.4 48% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 254%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 927GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 156 156 55866687892 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2563 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3267 (C2) HDA temperature 115 115 373663072308 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 78.7 Write 83.9 Mixed 81.2 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 26.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 104%

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

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	179x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	71x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	53x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	46x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x
HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 82%, 9,100 samples	18x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $451

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16