Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% 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	85.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	16.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 03:57
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 705 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 240GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1343 (64) Unknown 100 100 2941536 (65) Unknown 100 100 534816 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 875 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1315 (B7) Unknown 99 99 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 180389281824 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5275 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2844 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4402 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3472 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	85.5% Excellent	Read 494 Write 463 Mixed 231 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 15.5 98% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 36.7 71% 147 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 93%
Seagate 600 120GB-$106 655 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 86GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3142 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 0 34363473954 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 91 91 10 (EA) Unknown 100 100 20524 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10119 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34798 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	81.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 292 Mixed 363 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 23.1 112% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 75.2 96% 177 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67148048 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18507722 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1347 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 638648358 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87295 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 30064771110 (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 109573205657609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2059026915 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54426508936	106% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 170 Mixed 167 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 360GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170284115 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 370227595 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475164213 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 638648358 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 34359738406 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 19 170284115 (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 -77077483061627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4113408622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 576617453	57.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.5 Mixed 98.2 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 70%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 238GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 153 143 3350 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 218823 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3941 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5742 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1621342 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 56.5 Mixed 58.1 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.36 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 35.7 135% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 551GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 180 Write 102 Mixed 8.36 99% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 7.25 4K Mixed 0.57 268% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD 2x8GB 3,023 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 20.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	328x
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	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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