Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.9% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	422 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 243 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 435 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 138 Parallax 115 101% 126 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 693 Write 365 Mixed 394 107% 484 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.1 142% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 46.8 80% 152 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 138GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1927 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 5446187220992 (BC) Unknown 100 100 720896 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 371392546 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 1130 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2228258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 57425 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	38.1% Below average	Read 65.9 Write 66.7 Mixed 78.3 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 2650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 634 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1086 (C2) HDA temperature 107 85 36 (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	76.3% Very good	Read 157 Write 109 Mixed 106 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.26 118% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 19.9 Write 3.12 Mixed 5.07 9% 9.37 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 1.87 161% 2.94 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.BAGM6.40C0B 017A 78.BAGM6.DFC0B 017A 78.BAGM6.40C0B 017A 78.BAGM6.DFC0B 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 84%

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Gaming 52%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	329x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	167x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	135x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	25x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16