Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	215% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '17 at 02:47
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 688 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PNY(196E 1117) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.08% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 3.31 3% 3.86 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 3.04 3% 3.89 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.08% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$236 1,645 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 1,036 Mixed 1,249 277% 1,244 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 58.5 228% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 234 261% 443 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 184%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 17GB free Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4565 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 166 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524322 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2228232 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 158915166236 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 911 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1201 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2310 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 34 (F6) Unknown 100 100 272784	85.8% Excellent	Read 528 Write 333 Mixed 366 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 10.7 110% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 55.3 109% 222 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%

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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-Z270M-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 660 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	194x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	132x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	130x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	48x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	18x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $500

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 $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