Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	257% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	30.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 19:28
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 870 93% 740 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1710 MHz, MLim: 2015 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 73.4 68% 79.7 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 76 Splatting 64.6 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,071 Write 1,400 Mixed 1,562 372% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 47 200% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 147 242% 468 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 211%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 67GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5135 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 747 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 265 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080307 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 326 (C2) HDA temperature 74 63 158914641946 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5738 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4815 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3891 (F4) Unknown 100 100 47 (F5) Unknown 100 100 115 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1630400	101% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 422 Mixed 458 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 14.1 137% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 13.8 101% 234 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 64 4774389 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21287288 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -13915694038626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 68 521469980 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2193 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60129542172 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -93127775878839 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3280648948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3903518874	105% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 193 Mixed 136 125% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 93GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2675 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2142 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 113 Mixed 142 99% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 Kingston KHX3000C15/16GX 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 101%

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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 $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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Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16