Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 05:21
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 482 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2075 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.1 89% 108 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-ac Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 158 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 25 64% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 102 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 140%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free Firmware: Z2320000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 160 Mixed 76.4 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 12.1 72% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 13.3 61% 138 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 48GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 104 120 91 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 52.3 Write 49.5 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 104 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 619GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 152 145 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 162 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 150 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FE 3x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 82%

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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	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 $295	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