Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	271% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	May 16 '22 at 13:52
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 720 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 182 140% 119 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 523GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1121 795 836 778 691 482 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,179 Write 1,304 Mixed 1,288 SusWrite 784 308% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 87.6 285% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,184 DQ Write 918 DQ Mixed 628 584% 910 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1GB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 65 Write 106 Mixed 65.9 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
MB1000GCEEK 1TB 746 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 375GB free Firmware: HPG2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.2 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 78.5 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 79%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 536 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 100GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 79 75 79 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 87.6 Write 76.3 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 79.5 104% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 4.3 279% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905665-014.A00G 4x4GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 84%

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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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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	710x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16