Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 05:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 848 90% 720 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 95% 114 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 746GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 118 103 7100 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3770 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 185917 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 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 4290 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	54.4% Above average	Read 86.7 Write 103 Mixed 90.7 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 383GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120522023 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 8680274943 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1709 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 538443803 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 30064771099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 32 120522023 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11	50.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 79.5 Mixed 88.1 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 60%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 294GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896764081 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 294 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171799937054 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 104 Write 113 Mixed 103 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 26.6 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	706x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	450x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	290x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	287x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	182x

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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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