Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	130% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 17:37
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 757 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2937 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 208 Parallax 207 154% 201 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 188 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 380 415 369 418 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 449 Mixed 424 SusWrite 396 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 65.6 223% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 382 487 490 494 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 491 Mixed 413 SusWrite 446 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 69.5 236% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 222GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 103 104 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 162 Write 139 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 104 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 87GB free Firmware: 1AA01114 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 54 55 55 55 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 32.7 Mixed 44 SusWrite 55 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZ 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZ 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 83%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $722

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