Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	296% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 06:39
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (57^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 656 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 150 Parallax 149 129% 152 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1164 1500 1496 1499 1329 1030 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2313 Write 2,102 Mixed 1,536 SusWrite 1,336 408% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 77 249% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1073 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 1,013 756% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 410%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 146GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 74 75 74 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 84.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 74.8 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 168GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 148 147 146 148 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 166 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 146 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GB 17,908 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 95%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	708x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	291x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $711

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16