Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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 Drive	246% 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.
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.

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Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 286 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 850 85% 694 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2665 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 118% 143 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 180GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2519 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1436 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6038822389199 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 288 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 35 279172874282 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2126029259247 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5247 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13968 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8347 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8470 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.9% Very good	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 250 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 2.1 83% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 5.32 65% 150 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,077 Write 1,182 Mixed 1,172 325% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 42.6 220% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 691 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 253 279% 476 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 859GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 140 140 34387198353 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2231 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4808 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4808 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 188979544096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 128 Mixed 147 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 25.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 29.8 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	329x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	165x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16