Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 17:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 252 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 642 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 125 Parallax 107 94% 116 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 116 Splatting 99 83% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 465 Write 461 Mixed 352 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 47.7 167% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 31GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 392 Write 78.2 Mixed 116 SusWrite 73.8 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 29.7 117% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 90.4 68% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 780GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 154 149 152 149 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 130 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 152 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 11,823 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	709x
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	292x
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 $95Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $176	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