Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 21:33
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 339 45% 339 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 7.06 6% 8.27 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 92GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4597 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3238 (B1) Unknown 94 94 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8888363511	66% Good	Read 477 Write 268 Mixed 276 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 10 64% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 9.88 77% 184 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 110%
ICY BOX 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.9% Very good	Read 509 Write 489 Mixed 502 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 13.7 68% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 39.1 DQ Mixed 101 57% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6412 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5969 (B1) Unknown 91 91 181 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 13 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48949576614	89.9% Excellent	Read 501 Write 406 Mixed 418 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 22.1 130% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 21.8 57% 113 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G4D26AFTA.8FBD 2x4GB 571 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 24.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $95Bench 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: $723

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 $52

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