Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	113% 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	252% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 06:25
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 229 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 704 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 123 Parallax 145 115% 137 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 138 Splatting 116 116% 146 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 325 327 326 326 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,430 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,284 SusWrite 355 306% 1,385 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 86 293% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 928 DQ Mixed 1008 742% 972 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 262GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 476 479 492 491 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 492 Mixed 464 SusWrite 480 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65.4 223% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 209 212 212 211 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 159 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 209 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 26.6 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 101%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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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 $95Bench 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 $40	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