Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	101% 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 (25%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 14:58
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 268 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 798 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM010-2EP102 250GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2509 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1133 (64) Unknown 100 100 10222491 (A8) Unknown 98 96 27 (A9) Unknown 90 90 116 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 185 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 45 (B2) Unknown 100 100 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 227 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6653 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 68722753564 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 80 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11976 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12895 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10352 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 231849	101% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 478 Mixed 493 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 26.4 149% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 26.4 68% 134 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 129%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 1TB 310GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 218684519 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26160559 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1133 (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 75 63 421003289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1308 (C2) HDA temperature 25 13 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 218684519 (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 135098196298189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14110630017 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12574489332	79.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 128 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.68 MB/s

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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 $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $711

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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