Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	117% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 14:57
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$241 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 790 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB 1,320 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMM02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 754 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 82 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1251 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2041725763 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4908580129	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 446 Mixed 462 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.9 180% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 27.7 104% 232 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 63 11441550 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 992 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9826795 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 487718941 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1001 (C2) HDA temperature 29 13 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 11441550 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95309619264600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 740052079 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3522344003	91.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 153 Mixed 125 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.32 107% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 111%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	706x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	450x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	290x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	182x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $722

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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