Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 03:45
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 584 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1613 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 94% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 107 Splatting 89 80% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 465 Write 464 Mixed 357 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 32.8 142% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 270 224% 322 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 121%
Asmt 2115 1TB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 397 Write 386 Mixed 336 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 30.5 98% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 143 111% 151 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 9GB free Firmware: 3.ADG SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 51 55 57 56 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 43.2 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 50.3 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 15GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 149 Write 91.2 Mixed 104 137% 115 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.4 237% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 39%
SanDisk SDSSDA120G 120GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 41 45 26 25 19 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 32.5 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 34.1 68% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 0.2 786% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 26 DQ Mixed 4.4 1,086% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 160%
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250G 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 124 48 31 27 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	128% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 205 Mixed 214 SusWrite 82 231% 170 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 24.9 1,810% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 25.3 1,859% 26 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 27.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 28.6 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z270M-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 664 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	195x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	132x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	81x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	48x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16