Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	112% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 15:27
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 385 46% 357 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 203 Parallax 204 113% 182 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 170 Splatting 120 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1496 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 579 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 53 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 154 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7900069745	112% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 417 Mixed 419 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 46.2 174% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 119 136% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3315 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1187 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54305 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79% Very good	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 124 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 686GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1029 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 7616 (0A) Spinup retry count 204 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2173 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26303 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159544356 (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 200 200 7 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2390 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 249 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.4% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 97 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 495GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2851 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1766 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40642 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 138 Mixed 127 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	82x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	55x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GBBench 246%, 11,656 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	11x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	8x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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