Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics82.6% 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 Drive39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 30 '20 at 15:18
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Memory 90.8
1-Core 136
2-Core 273
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 543
8-Core 540
72% 541 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 114
Parallax 107
85% 108 fps
MRender 95.2
Gravity 95
Splatting 97.3
79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0616B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 54 67 67 65 66 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
39.1% Below average
Read 480
Write 397
Mixed 361
SusWrite 106
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 1
42% 11.9 MB/s
DQ Read 81.6
DQ Write 15.1
DQ Mixed 1
13% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 39.1%
Great: 93%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB
0GB free
Firmware: GG2OA6C0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 103
Write 102
Mixed 39.4
60% 81.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 58%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
470GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 165 165 164 163 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 168
Mixed 21.1
SusWrite 159
94% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
MC Read 30
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 23.1
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 32.9
SC Mixed 23.9
72% 25.1 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 88%

 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 2,023 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $711
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