Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 06:17
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 516 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 64.1 62% 72 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 69 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 840GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 79 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829622 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1449 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 236224512041 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 182 Mixed 170 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 672 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 240519086124 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.5% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 99.5 Mixed 83.2 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 90%

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Typical GA-Z270-HD3-CF Builds (Compare 965 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	329x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	166x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	134x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	25x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	20x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $436

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16