Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	79.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 01:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 257 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 745 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 109% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 112 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 59 55 54 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 362 Mixed 148 SusWrite 79.5 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 39.6 138% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 116 130% 222 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 295GB free Firmware: 1H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 125 118 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 122 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 135 130 76 2 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 4.5 Write 145 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 86.2 45% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 26.2% 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 (97^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 27 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.3% 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	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	8x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16