Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	285% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '19 at 08:59
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$228 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 698 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3779) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 85.8 93% 106 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1546 871 604 608 604 608 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 1,818 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 807 335% 1,499 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 83 290% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,499 DQ Write 1,323 DQ Mixed 1,372 1,040% 1,398 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 452 458 460 451 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 463 Mixed 383 SusWrite 453 100% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.1 192% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 310GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 129 130 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 128 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%
Ssk-dk10 0 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 174 173 174 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 237 Write 243 Mixed 132 SusWrite 173 144% 196 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 459% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
Ssk-dk10 0 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 173 174 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 168 Mixed 125 SusWrite 173 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	85x
Core i7-7700Intel $155Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	57x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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 $50Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	8x

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