Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	68.8% 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 13:38
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 (11^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 531 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 89.9 84% 99.8 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 94.1 76% 92.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2248 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (64) Unknown 100 100 2903376 (65) Unknown 100 100 269760 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1260 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 817 (B7) Unknown 98 98 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 201864380454 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 35 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7517 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2358 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4128 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4634 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 65	68.8% Good	Read 475 Write 226 Mixed 231 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 14.3 95% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 22.2 62% 137 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 418GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11298896 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5251532 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 496 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2797 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 42949672994 (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 22544283338797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6577735007 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10704159264	74.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 13.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	711x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	42x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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