Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '21 at 14:29
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 581 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 1B82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 136 Parallax 123 100% 127 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 124 Splatting 113 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 168 165 156 155 154 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 444 Mixed 380 SusWrite 173 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.3 188% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 339GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 135 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 148 Mixed 30 SusWrite 134 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 395% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 24.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 - $206

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	297x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	293x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	184x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	86x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	42x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $876

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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