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 as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	29.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 01:12
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 711 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 42 36 31 22 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 79.5 Write 404 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 45.6 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 0.1 56% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 78.6 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 28.1 66% 130 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 394 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 62.2 216% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 31GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 283 234 259 65 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 370 Mixed 310 SusWrite 205 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 36.8 156% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 236 201% 295 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 468GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 475 482 483 482 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 481 Mixed 454 SusWrite 477 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.6 212% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 161 161 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 164 Write 162 Mixed 131 SusWrite 161 209% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 88%

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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	709x
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	292x
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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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