Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 08:36
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 702 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3309) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 110 92% 112 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB 2,836 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2311006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 294 323 327 326 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 495 Write 311 Mixed 239 SusWrite 312 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 15.4 106% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 88.1 105% 178 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 76 80 84 85 83 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58% Above average	Read 174 Write 89.3 Mixed 129 SusWrite 82.3 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 34.7 135% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 91.8 72% 101 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 83%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 191GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 368 372 379 381 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 492 Mixed 439 SusWrite 386 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 66.3 223% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 3,439 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 72 76 65 62 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 52 Write 49.5 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 67.1 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 364GB free Firmware: JA0OA7G0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 95 98 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 96 Write 94.3 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 95.5 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 39GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 135 148 163 80 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 95 Write 125 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 123 142% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.9 250% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-025.A00G 9905622-058.A00G 12GB 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 15.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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