Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	111% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 04:24
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 654 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 85% 109 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 101 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 262 241 248 239 245 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 464 Mixed 390 SusWrite 283 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 56.6 186% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 63GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 87 74 83 88 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 158 Write 106 Mixed 131 SusWrite 84.8 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 31 119% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 111 87% 120 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 55%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 496GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 84 80 85 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 63 Write 69.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 83.3 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 62%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 115 116 116 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 115 146% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905643-010.A00G 2x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

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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