Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '21 at 05:31
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 204 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 607 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 212 Parallax 131 106% 158 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 135 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$36 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF400400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 411 Write 343 Mixed 300 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 15.3 69% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 18.7 39% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 897GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 191 189 192 193 189 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 172 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 187 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	144	24.5"	1280 720	BNQ7F5B ZOWIE XL LCD

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	327x
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	97x
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: $468

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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