Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive60.8% 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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170706
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Memory 90.3
1-Core 122
2-Core 237
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 466
62% 462 Pts
64-Core 461
29% 461 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62% Good
Lighting 79.3
Reflection 76.9
Parallax 64.8
65% 73.6 fps
MRender 68.5
Gravity 68
Splatting 71.2
57% 69.2 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
60.8% Good
Read 501
Write 221
Mixed 433
85% 385 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 69.8
4K Mixed 4.87
63% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 0.05
60% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
201GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Read 149
Write 154
Mixed 151
114% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.15
65% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 029E CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
73.7% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 22.4
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 22.4
64% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 80%

 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 2,023 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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