Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '21 at 15:04
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 below expectations (14^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 247 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 788 75% 618 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 89% 110 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 99.5 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 421 Write 153 Mixed 203 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.1 166% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 118 105% 159 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
SABRENT 1TB 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1982 739 690 572 466 470 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 29GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 104 103 105 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.8 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 100 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18ASF2G72AZ-2G3B1 2x16GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 86%

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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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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	709x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
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	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $711

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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