Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90% 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	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 20:52
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 599 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 94% 111 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 100 100 266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 54 197569609754 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2333067412 (F7) Unknown 100 100 73151370 (F8) Unknown 100 100 18114388 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1253 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	70.7% Very good	Read 472 Write 226 Mixed 300 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 23.2 96% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 37.3 73% 146 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 316GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1770 (03) Spinup time 121 110 6933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 546 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 171364 (C2) HDA temperature 117 77 30 (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 1 3341 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.2% Average	Read 79.9 Write 74.4 Mixed 77.4 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.17 32% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Backup+ SL 1TB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 619GB free, PID a003 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 77.8 Write 99 Mixed 70.2 108% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 42%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 3GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.64% Terrible	Read 36.6 Write 7.78 Mixed 8.21 17% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.07 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.08 28% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.64% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ Kingston 9905598-009.A00G 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns

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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