Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 47.7 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 90.4 32% 54.5 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 493 50% 403 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 9181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1398 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6773273331325 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 41 (AE) Unknown 100 100 162 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 25 322122547232 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2375156105814 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9996 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15557 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11355 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7281 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.4% Above average	Read 476 Write 415 Mixed 459 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 3.7 46% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 35.6 DQ Mixed 4.56 10% 19.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14274 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1854 (B1) Unknown 90 90 198 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 218 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45040441137	66.6% Good	Read 495 Write 400 Mixed 411 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 13.5 67% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 64.3 DQ Write 50.1 DQ Mixed 13 22% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 115%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 775GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 92.1 Write 86.2 Mixed 83 111% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 169 24% 169 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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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 $273	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