Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 10:27
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 652 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 86.6 75% 88.6 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 76.1 74% 92.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 398 406 441 438 434 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 400 Mixed 394 SusWrite 403 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 43.8 143% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 52.9 46% 66.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 470GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 152 153 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 155 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 153 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 308GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 129 130 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 164 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 129 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 723GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 95 94 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 79.7 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 94.2 106% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.8 268% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 7,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 116 107 103 106 118 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 109 Write 85.2 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 109 104% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 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	45.6% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 88%

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

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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 $178	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