Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	114% 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '19 at 20:20
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 377 44% 343 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.3 82% 103 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 98.5 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 278 280 268 248 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 476 Mixed 406 SusWrite 272 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 56.8 202% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Crucial MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GB 4,569 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 221GB free Firmware: HPC0T12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 394 366 154 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 463 Mixed 373 SusWrite 259 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.3 148% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 305 224% 289 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 100 105 108 110 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 11.2 Write 69.8 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 103 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GVR Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 77%

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

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 - $206

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	711x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	454x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	290x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16