Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z270-HD3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF  (all builds)
Memory8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170210
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 17 '21 at 07:48
Run Duration248 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 116
2-Core 217
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 633
64% 520 Pts
64-Core 624
39% 624 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 217
Parallax 135
107% 161 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 137
Splatting 121
104% 128 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
6.29% Terrible
Lighting 7.1
Reflection 7.1
Parallax 8.1
6% 7.43 fps
MRender 8.6
Gravity 6.7
Splatting 10.6
7% 8.63 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.29%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF400400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 56 63 18 30 41 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
38.9% Below average
Read 414
Write 354
Mixed 279
SusWrite 57.1
61% 276 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 24.2
4K Mixed 12.3
55% 18.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1.6
DQ Write 98.3
DQ Mixed 36.2
32% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 38.9%
Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
953GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 209 213 208 217 217 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 147
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 210
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0
99% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 103%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
61.9% Good
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 19.2
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 19.1
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 78.4
51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 61.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270-HD3-CF Builds (Compare 959 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $468
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