Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	282% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 12:52
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 872 94% 749 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1620 MHz, MLim: 1917 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 69.7 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 61 57% 70.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,585 Write 1,331 Mixed 1,669 410% 1,862 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 61.5 230% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 648 DQ Write 559 DQ Mixed 147 235% 451 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 211%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 64GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 265 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080308 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 330 (C2) HDA temperature 69 63 158914641951 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5800 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4873 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3960 (F4) Unknown 100 100 47 (F5) Unknown 100 100 116 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1646464	99.1% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 416 Mixed 457 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 13.9 130% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 13.7 104% 241 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52666412 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 104363410327287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 537919517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 499 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6782 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 60129542173 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114465173404959 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9600888739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10786491104	94.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 160 Mixed 113 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 96GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3212 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2677 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.4% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 143 Mixed 104 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 Kingston KHX3000C15/16GX 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 31.2 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	82x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	55x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GBBench 246%, 11,656 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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	8x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16