Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	82 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 705 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 68.4 67% 76.6 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 70.6 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61628320 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 13517800898 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2926 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 4917362724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15107 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -34952443834663 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -54299856636539 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82975373745546	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 179 Mixed 161 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	708x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	291x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $722

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16