Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	90.9% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 13:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 284 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 766 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 377E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 291 183 146 221 226 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 486 Mixed 365 SusWrite 222 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 38 137% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 194 185% 289 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 474 477 458 436 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 488 Mixed 456 SusWrite 434 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.4 194% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 402GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 195 197 197 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 171 Mixed 81 SusWrite 195 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 071A 320GB 467 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 298GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 35.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 35.7 45% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 7.2 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	329x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	165x
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	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16