Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.4% 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	123% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	56.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '21 at 00:19
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 703 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 132 Parallax 124 101% 127 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 125 Splatting 112 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW512G8 512GB 674 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 374 389 399 400 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 476 Mixed 452 SusWrite 391 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 66.5 206% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 200 181% 275 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 264GB free Firmware: SBFMKB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 375 389 397 397 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 449 Mixed 396 SusWrite 388 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 43.7 156% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 208 182% 268 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 134GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 294 100 99 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 223 Mixed 370 SusWrite 173 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.5 180% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 232 199% 292 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 187GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 141 Write 114 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 120 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 109%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 75GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 48 49 49 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 29 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 135%

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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 $250Bench 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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $476

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