Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	334% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 22:49
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 488 62% 469 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 38.7 38% 38.9 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.9 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 871GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1394 2024 1664 1454 1477 1434 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,145 Write 2000 Mixed 1,548 SusWrite 1,574 408% 1,817 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 88.4 284% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,562 DQ Write 1,291 DQ Mixed 1,420 1,065% 1,424 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 410 Write 397 Mixed 353 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 59.1 193% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 598GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 143 137 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 146 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 148 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 USB 3.0 64GB-$30 116 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 47GB free, PID 168e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 56.9 Write 43.5 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 0.2 35% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 128%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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