Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	26.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '24 at 21:51
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 69.4 1-Core 81.4 2-Core 165 60% 105 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 540 52% 430 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.35% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 5.6 Parallax 0.2 6% 4.37 fps	MRender 6.6 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11 7% 8.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.35% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 123 102% 128 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 113 92% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 512GB 3,625 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 3.8 3.8 155 3.1 2.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 382 Write 294 Mixed 8 SusWrite 28.7 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 9.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 187%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 59GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 156 159 162 166 162 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 325 Write 215 Mixed 244 SusWrite 161 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 36 135% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 218 170% 237 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%
Samsung HD502HM 500GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 319GB free Firmware: 1AJ10201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 105 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 106 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 107 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 79%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 890GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 146 146 143 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 145 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 2: 0P 0R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
2%	20%	10	184	17	60	19"	1768 929	PTS077D TLA-01911C

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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	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	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	25x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	20x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $436

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16