Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161101
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 259 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 662 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia GTX 1070. CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.9 85% 105 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 100 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3777 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 546 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14886638325881 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 64 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 201863462942 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6034457167229 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7101 (EA) Unknown 100 100 39422 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22311 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14333 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53% Above average	Read 486 Write 183 Mixed 231 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 4.18 56% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 3.23 43% 102 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 137 137 21492597018 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 877 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 877 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 146029740057 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 183 Mixed 181 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	708x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	291x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $92Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $722

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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