Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z270M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161024
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 18:19
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 403 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3537) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 9.81 10% 11.8 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 16 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6541704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 70815420778850 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2311 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 964 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 45 68722425896 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 68722425896 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6541704 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6541704 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6541704 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4364 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2614 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2614 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4822 (F4) Unknown 99 99 196673571	54.2% Above average	Read 428 Write 106 Mixed 136 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 10.1 94% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 62.4 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 10.6 30% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 73%
Maxtor STM380215AS 80GB 2,067 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 9GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 27 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 380007539 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8358 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4294 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 48 740687916 (C2) HDA temperature 44 52 85899345964 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 70 73911663 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.6% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 52.5 Mixed 54 40% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB 2,220 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 19.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 19.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	194x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	132x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	130x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	48x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	18x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16