Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 days ago, 16 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '23 at 16:33
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	99%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^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 VH 3,873 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 156 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 426 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 137 112% 140 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 147 Splatting 124 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 207GB free Firmware: VC2S038D Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 790 961 1056 1067 1076 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,456 Write 998 Mixed 766 SusWrite 855 227% 1,019 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 33.1 108% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 402 289% 371 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 291%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$55 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 164 278 356 226 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 378 Write 337 Mixed 304 SusWrite 240 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 22.4 74% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 226 179% 247 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$52 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 498GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 75 77 83 85 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 79.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 74.9 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 106%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 94GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 69 66 73 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 32.4 Mixed 14.9 SusWrite 63.6 30% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$48 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 126GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 63 64 64 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 108 Write 99.7 Mixed 94.4 SusWrite 62.9 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	22	2	60	24"	1280 720	ACR02FA GN246HL

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $289Bench 84%, 634,862 samples	674x
Core i5-7600KIntel $140Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	423x
Core i7-7700Intel $185Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	190x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $129Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	52x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $64Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	38x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $295	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	Crucial MX500 250GB $35
Intel Core i5-12400F $146	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $199	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16