Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 14:36
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 659 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 109 72% 97.6 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 73 64% 78.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,096 Write 1,219 Mixed 1,174 330% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 35 199% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 29.4 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 115999056 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1632095 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 73 403570712 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1006 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 30064771096 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 103534481637450 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1373154635 (F2) Unknown 100 253 855974033	99.9% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 161 Mixed 179 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.9% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 105%

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

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	706x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	450x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	290x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	182x

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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

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