Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	122% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '22 at 18:44
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (72^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 751 72% 597 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% 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 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 196 Parallax 186 145% 186 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 184 Splatting 129 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 416 482 451 367 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 461 Mixed 354 SusWrite 392 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 58.2 204% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 337 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 582GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 360 312 191 185 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 477 Write 423 Mixed 339 SusWrite 252 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 36.9 127% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 205 190% 294 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 339GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 658 655 600 598 596 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,017 Write 1,737 Mixed 756 SusWrite 670 288% 1295 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 67.4 263% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,089 DQ Write 1,337 DQ Mixed 1,002 814% 1,143 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 254%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 178GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 92 93 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 154 Write 129 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 92 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 176 177 175 176 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 153 153 152 152 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 130 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 150 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 86%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 177 174 180 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 187 Mixed 134 SusWrite 176 230% 170 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 1.4 402% 5.03 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 4.5 DQ Mixed 1.7 214% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 23.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	29x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	25x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	12x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	5x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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