Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170706
Uptime3.8 Days
Run DateSep 16 '19 at 05:47
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 81.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 251
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 371
57% 412 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 146
Parallax 140
110% 140 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 136
Splatting 108
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSD 120GB
112GB free
Firmware: SBFM91.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 243 252 251 255 257 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Read 400
Write 382
Mixed 320
SusWrite 259
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 81.9
4K Mixed 29.4
131% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 316
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 193
182% 281 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 94%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 132 130 145 147 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Read 153
Write 174
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 136
93% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.8% Good
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 25
MC Mixed 20.6
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 11.8
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 77.9
51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 63.8%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF Builds (Compare 169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $794
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