Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 14:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 254 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 780 74% 614 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 228 Reflection 236 Parallax 257 186% 241 fps	MRender 266 Gravity 225 Splatting 140 164% 210 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.41 7% 9.63 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 896 Write 583 Mixed 592 153% 690 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 54 203% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 322 271% 385 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 26GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 493 Mixed 376 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 58.3 216% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 178 184% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 22GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 896 Write 544 Mixed 575 148% 672 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 55 208% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 318 264% 370 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 349GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 100 96 108 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 134 Write 77.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 102 61% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 21.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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: $467

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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