Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 115% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	158% 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	237% 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	16GB 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 Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 23:59
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-7600K-$195 55,366 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	SC Int 123 SC Float 130 SC Mixed 127 101% 126 Pts	QC Int 417 QC Float 453 QC Mixed 436 99% 435 Pts	MC Int 435 MC Float 468 MC Mixed 424 66% 442 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$799 104,646 User benchmarks, average bench 154% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	158% Outstanding	Lighting 515 Reflection 520 Parallax 538 162% 525 fps	MRender 271 Gravity 500 Splatting 288 155% 353 fps
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 177%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$120 85,683 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 156GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,137 Write 1,118 Mixed 1,137 322% 1,464 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 50.4 210% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 186 208% 354 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 261%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$21 3,239 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 17GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 144 Write 50.9 Mixed 62.3 92% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.82 110% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$183 64,104 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 104%

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

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Typical GA-Z270-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 2,361 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 96%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 70%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 - $132

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 158,585 samples	1,050x
Core i5-7600KIntel $195Bench 93%, 55,366 samples	669x
Core i7-7700Intel $300Bench 86%, 35,550 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	465x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 72%, 246,054 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 125%, 204,755 samples	280x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	247x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 216%, 85,683 samples	194x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 187,338 samples	150x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 84%, 64,104 samples	264x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $193Bench 92%, 38,199 samples	107x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 12,092 samples	67x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,142

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $18