Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.5% 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	176% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 150 2-Core 274 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 708 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.3 80% 97.3 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 91.3 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 142GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3371 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (A5) Unknown 100 100 566984835794 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 33 287762808875 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1030797983984 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1502 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6834 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3464 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5096 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	39.5% Below average	Read 404 Write 212 Mixed 424 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 4.15 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 2.8 17% 6.61 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 2.79 37% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 86%
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,845 Write 500 Mixed 765 225% 1,037 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 32.2 176% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 163 204% 361 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 176%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 723GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123564600 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 174141333 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1419 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885295117 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 403243032 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1092 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76149 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 34359738392 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -93999654212295 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38565777208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90931873631	54.7% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 94.1 Mixed 112 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.11 26% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB 4,266 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 271GB free Firmware: SC1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220049900 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 21780046071 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 51769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1335 (BE) vendor-specific 76 41 554454089752 (C2) HDA temperature 24 59 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 48 220049900 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 91.2 Mixed 82.5 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%
Generic Mass Storage 4GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 5.76 Mixed 7.01 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.55 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 1.21 112% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.1% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 46%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $468

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