Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics95.2% 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 Drive87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161101
Uptime14 Days
Run DateJan 05 '21 at 14:25
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User SVN-User
Background CPU 23%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 117
2-Core 230
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 396
52% 394 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 89%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Gigabyte(1458 2316) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.2% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 135
Parallax 188
99% 148 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 128
Splatting 87.6
88% 110 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 104%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.6% Terrible
Lighting 7.2
Reflection 7.1
Parallax 8.4
6% 7.57 fps
MRender 10.4
Gravity 7.3
Splatting 11.2
8% 9.63 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.6%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 80 79 76 79 80 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Read 442
Write 368
Mixed 365
SusWrite 115
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 64.6
4K Mixed 46.9
150% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 357
269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
198GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 163 161 166 166 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Read 148
Write 116
Mixed 73
SusWrite 164
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.1% Good
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 25.3
MC Mixed 21.9
67% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 23.4
SC Mixed 21.7
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 104%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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