Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 786 75% 621 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Gigabyte(1458 22BC) CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 90.2 61% 76.3 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 79.3 58% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 77 94 98 41 42 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.3% Above average	Read 28 Write 253 Mixed 118 SusWrite 79.5 28% 120 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 33.4 145% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 5 47% 114 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 93%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 438GB free Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1590 1771 950 520 523 500 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,390 Write 1,795 Mixed 1,391 SusWrite 976 365% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 104 348% 129 MB/s	DQ Read 1,462 DQ Write 1,354 DQ Mixed 567 656% 1,128 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 815GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 180 181 183 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 144 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 3x8GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

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

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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