Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '21 at 11:57
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 284 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 843 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.6% Good	Lighting 69 Reflection 120 Parallax 84.6 56% 91.1 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 99.7 75% 90.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,098 Write 1351 Mixed 784 310% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 77.7 294% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,457 DQ Write 1087 DQ Mixed 989 816% 1,178 MB/s
Poor: 134% Great: 292%
ST4000DM001-1FK17N 4TB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 143GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 100 100 105 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	8.51% Terrible	Read 18 Write 59.2 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 99.8 12% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 0.4 6% 3.07 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 1.7 DQ Mixed 1.9 1% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.51% Great: 17%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 173GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 410 417 418 420 420 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 422 Mixed 363 SusWrite 382 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.5 149% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 280 225% 316 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 159GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 91 99 101 102 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 47.2 Write 67.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 94.6 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 179% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31.8 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	709x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	292x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	288x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $705

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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16