Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 13:17
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 852 84% 688 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 73.2 68% 80.7 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 78.2 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5824 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2215 (B1) Unknown 99 99 47 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1439 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25624173572
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 19GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13224556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 59914793781906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 131 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 39 90196869147 (C2) HDA temperature 27 39 90196869147 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13224556 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13224556 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13224556 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962362 (EA) Unknown 0 0 159 (F1) Unknown 0 0 159 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1955	59.3% Above average	Read 499 Write 179 Mixed 231 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 14.8 70% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 40.2 67% 127 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 92 170199960 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6475 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 920 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 213804834 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3470 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098534 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 309709176860 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20113 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 87 86 2256 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 87 86 2256 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -7078106096168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44459995072 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39357176066	105% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 190 Mixed 167 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Toshiba USB2.0 Drive R00 250GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 231GB free, PID a000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 39.3 Mixed 11.2 34% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.26 51% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 30.4 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	714x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	454x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	294x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	291x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16