Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics89.6% 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 Drive243% 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.
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)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170706
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 26 '17 at 12:10
Run Duration397 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
Memory 95.8
1-Core 143
2-Core 279
96% 173 Pts
4-Core 538
8-Core 794
83% 666 Pts
64-Core 791
49% 791 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 118
Parallax 101
93% 111 fps
MRender 99.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 103
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
465GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
364GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
243% Outstanding
Read 2,499
Write 1,295
Mixed 1,357
378% 1,717 MB/s
4K Read 50.7
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 26.1
186% 73.5 MB/s
DQ Read 50.6
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 203
163% 217 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 243%
Great: 254%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 16GB
12GB free, PID cb10
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
3.64% Terrible
Read 12.5
Write 2.74
Mixed 4.24
6% 6.51 MB/s
4K Read 5.14
4K Write 0.004
4K Mixed 0.004
19% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.64%
Great: 11%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.8% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 15.1
51% 17.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 17.4
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 54.7
73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 54.8%
Great: 102%

 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 2,020 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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