Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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.
Boot Drive139% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte Z270M-D3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20161125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 11 '19 at 06:55
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 37%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 140
2-Core 279
94% 171 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 772
69% 582 Pts
64-Core 755
47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 155
Parallax 133
115% 143 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 134
Splatting 111
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 427 427 437 404 420 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 489
Mixed 395
SusWrite 426
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 49.7
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 71.2
248% 91.4 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 354
268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 139%
Great: 135%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32
442GB free
Firmware: CC4H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 154 159 156 158 117 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
26GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 138 152 117 119 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
62.9% Good
Read 92
Write 77.8
Mixed 60.8
SusWrite 127
66% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 62.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.8% Good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 20.5
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 20
SC Mixed 19.2
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z270M-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 660 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $499
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