Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7% 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 Drive61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory16.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170113
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 18 '20 at 13:49
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 79.3
1-Core 139
2-Core 260
88% 160 Pts
4-Core 481
8-Core 783
77% 632 Pts
64-Core 786
49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7989
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
7% Terrible
Lighting 7.6
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 7.84
6% 9.06 fps
MRender 6.24
Gravity 6.53
Splatting 16.1
9% 9.63 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GSSD230S 256GB
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1025F8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 36 106 47 26 63 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
61.2% Good
Read 513
Write 134
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 66.9
44% 201 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 31
4K Mixed 26.9
100% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 21.4
DQ Mixed 46.9
57% 106 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 61.2%
Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB
161GB free
Firmware: JP2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 134 133 133 134 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77.8% Very good
Read 138
Write 137
Mixed 69.9
SusWrite 133
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.5% Below average
MC Read 12.8
MC Write 12.9
MC Mixed 10.8
35% 12.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 14.2
SC Mixed 13.6
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 81.9
49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 117%

 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: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $722
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