Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	190% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '21 at 05:52
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 648 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 106 Parallax 97.2 79% 100 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 92.1 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 765 743 708 672 648 605 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,466 Write 1066 Mixed 698 SusWrite 690 218% 980 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 52 197% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 447 383% 580 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 283%
SiImage 120GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 22GB free Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 138 137 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 286 Write 162 Mixed 195 SusWrite 135 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 27.4 111% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 153 129% 190 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%
Synology iSCSI Storage 107GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 86GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 90 95 93 93 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27% Poor	Read 97 Write 96.7 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 90.2 21% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 14.3 45% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 70.8 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 91.5 65% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 89%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 547GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 148 151 149 148 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$81 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 123%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 21: 1R 4G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
21%	11%	84	264	172	100	34.1"	3440 1440	ACR0450 Acer X34

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	327x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	164x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	25x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Total price: $468

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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