Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	6.71% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3P
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 02:59
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 86.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 767 82% 655 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.71% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 6.94 6% 8.2 fps	MRender 6.67 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 14.5 8% 9.11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.71% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 85GB free Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 107 106 108 107 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 280 Mixed 368 SusWrite 134 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.3 172% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 125 135% 220 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 100%
Crucial_FCCT500MX200SSD1 500GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 130 136 102 120 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 425 Write 146 Mixed 194 SusWrite 115 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 34.7 137% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 37.6 37% 57.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 104%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 108 64% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 218GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 129 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.7 238% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 1x16GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 49%

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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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Typical GA-Z270-HD3P-CF Builds (Compare 1,052 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P-CF - $120

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	367x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	251x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	141x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	98x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	68x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $621

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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