Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 03:21
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (42^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-$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 below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 253 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 732 70% 578 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% 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 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 186 Parallax 185 140% 181 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 486 Mixed 401 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.6 195% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 68GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 203 197 189 185 178 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 437 Mixed 446 SusWrite 229 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.5 191% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 837GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 474 479 489 490 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 479 Mixed 467 SusWrite 480 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.4 189% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 110%

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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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Desktop 90%

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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 $45Bench 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: $564

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16