Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.7% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 22:46
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 775 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 93% 114 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8563016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109109349187653 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 300 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 40 64427130908 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64427130908 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8563016 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8563016 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8563016 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 586 (EA) Unknown 0 0 572 (F1) Unknown 0 0 572 (F2) Unknown 0 0 386 (F4) Unknown 100 100 786436	59.2% Above average	Read 439 Write 114 Mixed 159 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 14.9 106% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 66.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 30.4 40% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 75%
Kingston SHFS37A120G 1TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 636GB free Firmware: AX0R2J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1680 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1279 (0A) Spinup retry count 112 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6128 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684118042 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1119 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 176 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.8% Average	Read 72.7 Write 73.3 Mixed 70.3 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.15 47% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 107%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 211GB free Firmware: AM001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1971 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1293 (0A) Spinup retry count 144 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4866 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159020058 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 131 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 250 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.3 Mixed 91.2 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 135GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1404 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 738 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5215 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 504 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14140 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684052508 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 358 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 263 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	50.3% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 84.2 Mixed 83.7 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	329x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	165x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	25x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $441

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