Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% 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	170% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 740 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.5 89% 107 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 99.2 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,468 Write 794 Mixed 971 238% 1,077 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.8 162% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 137 141% 231 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 243%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$74 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 485GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 164 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1198 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (10) Unknown 3 197 65088884549 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1143 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.3% Good	Read 123 Write 119 Mixed 141 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 93%
WD WD2000F9YZ-09N20L1 1TB 307GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 199 1966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2850 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 220838 (C2) HDA temperature 128 108 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.7% Below average	Read 63 Write 71.9 Mixed 65.3 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.51 MB/s

WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 251GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2948 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2875 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1665 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1282 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 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	53.7% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 87.1 Mixed 98.5 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.29 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 180GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 10027 (03) Spinup time 108 91 7591 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5695 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2907 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138012 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 197 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.7% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 80.4 Mixed 67 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 57%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 128GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 167 1566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2428 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 435 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 791255 (C2) HDA temperature 122 93 25 (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	46.4% Average	Read 73.6 Write 87.9 Mixed 82.4 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 71%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 98GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1333 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5460 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58257 (C2) HDA temperature 123 99 27 (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	31.4% Below average	Read 54.3 Write 54.9 Mixed 54.9 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 4x8GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 28.6 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 124%

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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 $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 $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 $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 $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