Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% 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	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 23:01
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 709 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 88% 113 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 99 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26757 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 248 (B1) Unknown 74 74 922 (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 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38149289113	77.3% Very good	Read 484 Write 162 Mixed 201 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.9 129% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 53 88% 176 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 236454016 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 59 17244041667 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 61 655949863 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22838 (C2) HDA temperature 39 40 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 100 236454016 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 117063628620742 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11248655313 (F2) Unknown 100 253 826632471450	57.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 89.4 Mixed 64.2 65% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.44 4K Mixed 0.52 232% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 116 116 51580502636 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1216 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3232 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 274878955561 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	66.4% Good	Read 109 Write 123 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 69%
WDC WD50 EZRX-00MVLB1 5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 176 Write 142 Mixed 135 187% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 65%
ST4000VN 000-1H4168 4TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID 0567 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 141 Write 118 Mixed 105 151% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%
ST3000DM 001-1ER166 3TB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 169 Write 180 Mixed 137 207% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%
WDC WD50 EFRX-68L0BN1 5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free, PID 0567 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 111 156% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 104%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $169Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16