Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.56% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171130
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateDec 18 '18 at 13:47
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 88.1
1-Core 139
2-Core 240
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 751
72% 597 Pts
64-Core 726
45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.56% Terrible
Lighting 8.2
Reflection 11.8
Parallax 8.16
7% 9.39 fps
MRender 8.1
Gravity 7.43
Splatting 16.2
9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.56%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSD 240GB
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 136 92 88 65 73 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
67.7% Good
Read 436
Write 403
Mixed 346
SusWrite 126
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 28.2
101% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 180
156% 229 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 95%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154
210GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 72 71 72 71 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
40% Average
Read 67.7
Write 71.2
Mixed 46.8
SusWrite 71.5
47% 64.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 40%
Great: 59%
SAMSUNG HD154UI 1.5TB
1TB free, PID 022a
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
19.6% Very poor
Read 37.5
Write 12.3
Mixed 25.5
SusWrite 41.6
38% 29.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 19.6%
Great: 35%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49% Average
MC Read 17.6
MC Write 17.6
MC Mixed 14.1
47% 16.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 15.8
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 49%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 106%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $771
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