Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	25.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '21 at 17:56
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 733 80% 632 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 2972) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 19.4 17% 19.3 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 9.5 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 128GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM9LD1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 32 38 31 85 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 195 Write 25.7 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 58.3 17% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 7.6 48% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 2.6 DQ Mixed 5 5% 8.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 32%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 84GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 124 97 89 85 88 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 454 Write 412 Mixed 322 SusWrite 142 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 15.5 107% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 180 164% 251 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 88%
Adata SU720 1TB 2,241 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 931GB free Firmware: S190429a SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 462 458 466 468 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 466 Mixed 338 SusWrite 464 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 55.7 166% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 256 185% 242 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 105%
PNY CS900 1TB SSD 7,281 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 931GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 419 440 454 452 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 220 Write 115 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 432 49% 216 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 10.3 52% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 15.9 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 227 120% 104 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 590GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 62 63 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 62.6 68% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	328x
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	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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