Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 23:00
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 752 69% 580 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 136 Parallax 115 103% 126 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 121 Splatting 97.7 87% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 261 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 59 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 54 44 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 836587227	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 497 Mixed 480 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 32.3 179% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 31.2 109% 239 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 476GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 704 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 791 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 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	98.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 162 Mixed 148 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.35 125% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 928GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 102 Write 37.6 Mixed 56.1 73% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.25 30% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 19.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 15.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 108%

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Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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