Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161101
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateOct 21 '18 at 05:01
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User ISL-User
Background CPU 48%

 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 i7-7700K-$242
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 74.2
1-Core 141
2-Core 248
85% 154 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 595
63% 502 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
5.53% Terrible
Lighting 7.77
Reflection 10.9
Parallax 6.91
6% 8.52 fps
MRender 9.76
Gravity 6.93
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.59 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.53%
Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 147
Parallax 124
110% 135 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 131
Splatting 106
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0CB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 59 38 18 18 19 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
992GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 166 170 166 165 170 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 162
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 168
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 102%
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 way below expectations (4th percentile)
54.3% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 19.3
MC Mixed 17.7
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 16.5
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 92
44% 92 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 54.3%
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 2,017 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: $723
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