Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 634 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 100 Parallax 96.8 74% 95.8 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 88.3 71% 87 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 154 258 107 53 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 867 Write 552 Mixed 552 SusWrite 188 120% 539 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47.7 173% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 313 262% 370 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 157%
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 165GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 376 447 394 467 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 256 Mixed 330 SusWrite 418 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 36.3 141% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 247 215% 319 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 592GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 120 120 123 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 90.2 Write 98 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 121 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 195 182 193 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 151 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 190 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 106%

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

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Typical GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF Builds (Compare 172 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	97x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	29x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	5x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16