Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 07:15
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 222 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 401 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 78%

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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 65.4 63% 73 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 71.3 57% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1749 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3148313920939 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 32 292057776163 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2074487882211 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4770 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13573 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6366 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16093 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 386 Mixed 394 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 4.43 80% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 7.06 66% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 305GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698549 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1569 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1569 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 197569413153 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85% Excellent	Read 130 Write 166 Mixed 142 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 8.82 Mixed 16.1 22% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.53 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.45 107% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 50%

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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 $35Bench 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