Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.6% 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 Drive226% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte Z270-HD3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170113
Uptime3.8 Days
Run DateJun 19 '18 at 10:45
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU 26%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 261
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 412
53% 399 Pts
64-Core 436
27% 436 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.6% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 105
Parallax 89.4
85% 99.6 fps
MRender 90
Gravity 90.8
Splatting 91.7
74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
226% Outstanding
Read 2,222
Write 1,170
Mixed 1,146
332% 1,513 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 26.6
172% 64.5 MB/s
DQ Read 419
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 26.1
113% 255 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 226%
Great: 236%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78
958GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
54.1% Above average
Read 96
Write 92.2
Mixed 91.3
70% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.55
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.24
85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.2% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 26.1
MC Mixed 21.6
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 19.3
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 61.1
65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270-HD3-CF Builds (Compare 959 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $476
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