Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '24 at 08:53
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 671 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.3% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 67.9 55% 70.3 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 67.8 56% 67.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 137 Parallax 126 98% 128 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 135 Splatting 118 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 190GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 313 321 286 316 328 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 449 Mixed 411 SusWrite 310 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 46.9 155% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 230 184% 258 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 125%
Micron_5200_MTFDDAK7T6TDC 7.5TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 6TB free Firmware: D1MU803 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 324 330 297 325 338 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 323 Write 464 Mixed 354 SusWrite 321 83% 366 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 23.2 88% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 63.4 48% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 86%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 42 37 41 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 0GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,751 Write 43.7 Mixed 92.7 407% 1,962 MB/s	4K Read 572 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 5.3 875% 193 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 302GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 125 124 125 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 102 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 123 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 132 129 128 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 108 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 129 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2Z2666C16 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 029E CMK16GX4M2Z2666C16 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 7: 0P 0R 1G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
7%	50%	10	212	57	144	23.5"	1920 1080	VSCB931 VX2457

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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 $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