Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86% 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	88.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 19:43
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 410 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 111 89% 113 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 102 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 288 255 182 195 177 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 468 Write 444 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 236 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 36 129% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 68.6 127% 251 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 37GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 76 78 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 73 SusWrite 77.6 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 799GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 103 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 92.9 Mixed 65 SusWrite 101 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 84%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 291GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 39.8 Mixed 32 SusWrite 40.1 52% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 49%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 16 17 17 7.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 17 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 15.3 28% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.6 158% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	82x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	55x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GBBench 246%, 11,656 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	11x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	8x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $389

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 $178	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