Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% 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	27.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '22 at 07:09
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	MNG-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 205 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 532 58% 457 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 96.5 Parallax 87.7 81% 94.4 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 77.2 70% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
UL 256GB SSD 256GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0709A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 144 164 93 66 81 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.2% Poor	Read 181 Write 92.4 Mixed 106 SusWrite 110 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 2.5 14% 5.13 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 171 138% 195 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 179%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 95%

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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	458x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
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	85x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $148Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	42x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $879

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16