Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161101
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 04 '19 at 07:08
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User BRN-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$95
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 88.4
1-Core 102
2-Core 212
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 409
56% 414 Pts
64-Core 412
26% 412 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 172
Reflection 191
Parallax 184
141% 183 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 170
Splatting 118
111% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 565
Write 303
Mixed 366
91% 412 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 47.4
164% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 172
143% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40
23GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 85 83 82 83 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
42% Average
Read 63.3
Write 61.2
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 82.7
45% 61.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 42%
Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 200 204 210 212 210 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 180
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 206
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 102%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F4-3000C16-8GTZR 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-3000C16-8GTZR 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 24.2
76% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 27.7
SC Mixed 20.2
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 74%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 2,024 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $716
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