Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	179% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '22 at 06:43
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	MNG-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 562 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 96.9 Parallax 88.6 81% 94.8 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 74.7 70% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
UL 256GB SSD 256GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0709A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 898 933 947 862 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,302 Write 894 Mixed 842 SusWrite 708 209% 937 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 24.4 173% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 647 DQ Write 871 DQ Mixed 420 412% 646 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 179%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 21 14 9.6 9.5 9.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 21.1 Mixed 16 SusWrite 12.3 26% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 3.3 206% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.2 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 20.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	711x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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