Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '24 at 22:07
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 431 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 7.9 Parallax 8.5 6% 7.93 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 11.9 8% 9.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8750) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 74.9 64% 76.7 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 74 Splatting 59.7 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 98 89 18 67 27 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.5% Average	Read 191 Write 86.2 Mixed 164 SusWrite 55.3 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 25.5 98% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 99.7 88% 131 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 85%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 99.8 71% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 93.1 11,638% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2400, 2133, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 92%

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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	48	12	60	24"	1280 720	SAM0793 SA300/SA350

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	717x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	455x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	294x
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 $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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