Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 528 66% 503 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 69.1 66% 76.2 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 72 Splatting 74.2 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 88594492 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 41661182773343 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 151 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 41 55837261849 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 55837261849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 88594492 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 88594492 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 88594492 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 77309411329 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5420 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3894 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3894 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1753 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4522018	64.3% Good	Read 492 Write 108 Mixed 177 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 18.2 112% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 30.7 49% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 67 5556680 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4089 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (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 78 67 504692758 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 22 16 68719476758 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 7 5556680 (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 -49125835931642 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3245911 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2310769	111% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 191 Mixed 156 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.34 113% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 02.03A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 172 172 4558572 (03) Spinup time 153 152 3350 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7666 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7409 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 26 1 4292470927 (BC) Unknown 100 95 17180131342 (BE) vendor-specific 77 48 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7666 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 144 144 1459 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 144 144 1465 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 26078	58.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 93.8 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Read 17.1 Write 4.66 Mixed 7.52 10% 9.76 MB/s	4K Read 1.87 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.008 8% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 25.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 95%

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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 $242Bench 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 $95Bench 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: $723

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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