Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (100%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 22:11
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 262 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 759 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 151 Parallax 129 110% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 70 59 52 59 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 486 Write 363 Mixed 340 SusWrite 76.8 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 38.1 137% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 174 135% 192 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 290GB free Firmware: 1H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 107 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 92 94 90 94 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 139 Write 141 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 92.5 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 24.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 15.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

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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%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $378

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