Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 855 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 90.3 92% 106 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 99.1 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,193 Mixed 1,446 376% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 26.4 165% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 190 199% 330 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 236%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 108GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17888 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1746 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 409 (AE) Unknown 98 98 1048 (B7) Unknown 99 99 702 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 29 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	99.2% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 449 Mixed 473 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 25.1 130% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 69.9 114% 222 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 519GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2336 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 953 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 520 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3829 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 141 Mixed 83.7 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 27.1 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 30.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 104%

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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 $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	181x

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 $38Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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