Gigabyte Aorus Z270X-Gaming 9 Motherboard Review

By Steven Kean

Gaming Performance Testing

Now that we have seen how the Intel i7-7700K and Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming-9 work together for general performance, let’s take a closer look at several types of games.

3DMark TimeSpy

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Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming-9 3DMark TimeSpy

Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto V

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Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming-9 GTA V

Codemasters: Dirt Rally

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Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming-9 Dirt Rally

Eidos: Thief

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Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming-9 Thief

CD Projekt: Witcher 3

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Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming-9 Witcher 3

Legit Reviews Gaming Performance Results: The gaming benchmarks follows the trend we saw in the General Performance testing. The Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700K outperforms the SkyLake i7-6700K by a slim margin. Even so, with the simple press of a button we were able to push the performance a little higher by overclocking the CPU.