Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 01:07
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 781 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 63 56% 67.4 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 54.5 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 491GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5332 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1060 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17183801384 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 282 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 44 188979609631 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 25770721294 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 863 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1680 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1282 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1480 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 479 Write 265 Mixed 158 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 8.76 60% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 12.1 18% 32.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 107%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1521 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1827 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 64107 (A5) Unknown 100 100 108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 22 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 73101 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 282944 (F2) Unknown 100 100 271502 (F5) Unknown 100 100 512856	75.2% Very good	Read 505 Write 364 Mixed 429 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 18.6 88% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 53.5 69% 115 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 2x8GB 1,700 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 91%

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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	708x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	291x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $711

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16