Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	98.1% 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 09:26
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$250 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 787 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% 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 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 200 Parallax 180 147% 187 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 179 Splatting 131 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1885 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 386 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (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 62 47 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20923953170	98.1% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 29.2 166% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 49.1 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 28.7 37% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 679GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 770 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3930 (C2) HDA temperature 103 97 40 (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	96.9% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 156 Mixed 159 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.39 146% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 24GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 151 Write 69.5 Mixed 36.7 90% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 1.12 110% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 15.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	177x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	69x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	53x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	46x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x
HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 82%, 9,100 samples	18x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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