Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.6% 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 Drive52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateApr 26 '21 at 17:35
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 87.9
1-Core 142
2-Core 274
92% 168 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 755
75% 613 Pts
64-Core 763
47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.6% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 135
Parallax 125
100% 127 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 133
Splatting 117
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba HDWD110 240GB
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM71.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 25 7.4 48 16 12 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
52.4% Above average
Read 433
Write 176
Mixed 259
SusWrite 41.1
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 16.2
112% 44.3 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 13.5
DQ Mixed 0.9
2% 5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 103%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB
160GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 117 123 122 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.3% Very good
Read 131
Write 134
Mixed 26.6
SusWrite 121
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 1%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40% Below average
MC Read 14
MC Write 13.7
MC Mixed 11.2
37% 13 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 13
38% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 40%
Great: 105%

 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 2,034 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: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $721
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