Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.5% 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	214% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 07:29
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 739 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% 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: 384.94 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.3 81% 100 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 97.9 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,160 Write 1,078 Mixed 1,105 318% 1,448 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 27.1 199% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 55 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 26.4 44% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580174950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 116 116 37 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1251 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7185 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 274878955564 (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	63.6% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 95.4 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 915GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 173408344 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 59 17330659390 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (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 63 57 623050789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45435 (C2) HDA temperature 37 43 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 100 173408344 (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 71614284695507 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25332712038 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1651753227080	53.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 84.4 Mixed 68.7 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 7.89 4K Mixed 0.21 179% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 90%
WDC WD50 EZRX-00MVLB1 5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 156 Write 140 Mixed 131 180% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 65%
ST4000VN 000-1H4168 4TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 136 Write 126 Mixed 113 158% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 63%
ST3000DM 001-1ER166 3TB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 190 Write 184 Mixed 166 230% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%
WDC WD50 EFRX-68L0BN1 5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 954GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 167 Write 119 Mixed 115 162% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 27.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 23.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $245Bench 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 $37Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $846

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16