Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	96.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 20:48
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 792 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 206 Parallax 209 140% 195 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 187 Splatting 124 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 135GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 43 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 101 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 197569544223 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8502792754 (F7) Unknown 100 100 266012644 (F8) Unknown 100 100 117035680 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1929 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 474 Write 318 Mixed 314 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 24.5 114% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 34.2 91% 195 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15237 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1820 (B1) Unknown 92 92 259 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 253 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25167140598	96.7% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 361 Mixed 410 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 21.9 136% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 67.9 123% 244 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 614GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86507376 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4975 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49652533 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1639 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 555155487 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73665 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12081743007975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28385455096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94567223540	57.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.1 Mixed 130 84% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 228GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6338 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2993 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5656 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 36 (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	48% Average	Read 98.6 Write 68.8 Mixed 81 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 25.1 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 27.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	29x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	25x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	12x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	5x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	5x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $863

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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