Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 776 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1770 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.3% Poor	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 69.1 4% 48.2 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 54.5 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 491GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1061 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17183866920 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 282 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 44 188979609627 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 25770721294 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 863 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1691 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1292 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1488 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 478 Write 320 Mixed 304 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 15.4 74% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 36.6 79% 167 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 107%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1521 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1828 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 64195 (A5) Unknown 100 100 108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 22 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 73175 (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 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 283503 (F2) Unknown 100 100 272018 (F5) Unknown 100 100 513560	85.9% Excellent	Read 501 Write 361 Mixed 429 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 26.5 106% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 19.3 81% 179 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 2x8GB 1,700 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 91%

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Workstation 61%

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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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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