Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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.
Boot Drive	215% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 11:44
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 711 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 202 Parallax 178 145% 186 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 176 Splatting 129 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,071 Write 1,259 Mixed 1,248 337% 1,526 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24 163% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 19.7 66% 133 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 4834296 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3052 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 204 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72992969195523 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3200874 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3549091	101% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 166 Mixed 177 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 26GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 42.9 Write 32.1 Mixed 17.9 36% 31 MB/s	4K Read 8.08 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.7 59% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 102%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	104x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	52x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	8x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16