Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 09:21
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.6% Average	Memory 42 1-Core 34.4 2-Core 76.2 30% 50.9 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 376 39% 315 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Device(7377 1501) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 105 Parallax 110 67% 99.1 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.5 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,195 Write 1588 Mixed 1,254 302% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 34.7 119% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 340 287% 413 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 262%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 283GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 167 170 171 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 122 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 168 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 5,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 27.5 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 193 21% 193 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 112%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $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