Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '24 at 16:36
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 200 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 479 53% 416 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$293 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Zotac(19DA 1726) CLim: 3120 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 198 Parallax 123 110% 152 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 114% 145 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ400400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 84 53 11 59 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 404 Write 333 Mixed 293 SusWrite 69.6 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 9 53% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 81.8 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 35.2 39% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 55%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 625GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 77 52 78 45 79 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35% Below average	Read 272 Write 219 Mixed 160 SusWrite 69 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 8.4 56% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 8.4 26% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 786GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 83 84 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 79.7 Write 83 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 83.2 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-105.A00G 2x8GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 84%

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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: 0P 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	46	18	60	22.6"	1280 720	DELA20C DELL U3824DW

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Gaming 52%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	329x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	166x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	134x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	20x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16