Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 07 '21 at 18:27
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User MKD-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 94.6
1-Core 113
2-Core 235
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 457
61% 455 Pts
64-Core 454
28% 454 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT
Nvidia(10DE 0479) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
0.53% Terrible
Lighting 0.3
Reflection 0.8
Parallax 0.3
0% 0.47 fps
MRender 2.3
Gravity 0.6
Splatting 1.2
1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 0.53%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingmax 240GB 240GB
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190117H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 457 424 389 256 257 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 465
Mixed 444
SusWrite 376
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 51.1
191% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 327
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 332
244% 319 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 115%
Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
289GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 140 139 142 139 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Read 139
Write 124
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 138
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown GZOG43F-18---------- 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 37.1
MC Write 42.1
MC Mixed 29.5
104% 36.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.3
SC Write 40.6
SC Mixed 29.3
86% 30.1 GB/s
Latency 58.3
69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 101%
Great: 100%

 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 2,031 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: $713
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