Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.7% 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	40.5% 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 10:13
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 690 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 131 Parallax 116 98% 122 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 120 Splatting 99.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$50 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 62 107 64 94 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 416 Write 130 Mixed 221 SusWrite 80.1 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 15.3 53% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 0.2 DQ Mixed 41 33% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 55%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 127 130 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 118 Write 86 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 117 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 244% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 67.5 Write 59 Mixed 52 SusWrite 112 101% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.1 179% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 26.5 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.2% 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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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 - $206

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	292x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	288x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $716

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16