Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.54% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3P
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 02:18
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 772 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.54% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.29 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.6 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.54% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 85GB free Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 107 104 108 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 273 Write 286 Mixed 338 SusWrite 154 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44 184% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 46.7 45% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 100%
Crucial_FCCT500MX200SSD1 500GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 123 60 59 68 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 394 Write 228 Mixed 101 SusWrite 86.2 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 39.7 131% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 94.8 58% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 104%
WD RE4 250GB (2010)-$33 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 102GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 98.2 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 79%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 52GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 49 52 50 47 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 43.6 Mixed 22 SusWrite 48.1 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 399GB free Firmware: 9401 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 95.9 Write 90.2 Mixed 50.3 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 218GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 135 136 132 123 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 133 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.7 233% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 1x16GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 49%

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

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P-CF - $120

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	367x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	251x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	141x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	98x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	68x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x

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Total price: $621

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16