Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	114% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 12:40
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 740 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 193 Parallax 175 144% 182 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 173 Splatting 116 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 164 171 174 177 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 386 Mixed 411 SusWrite 199 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.6 210% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 122GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 372 486 489 488 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 402 SusWrite 464 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 64.2 217% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 272 323 322 323 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 401 SusWrite 328 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.2 215% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 64GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 32GB free Firmware: C091126a SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 120 175 153 146 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 200 Write 142 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 153 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 5 37% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 12.6 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 6.6 7% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 81GB free Firmware: BXW74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 1121 873 758 615 566 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,626 Write 1,232 Mixed 842 SusWrite 858 254% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 69.2 276% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,203 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 451 420% 676 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 87%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	103x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 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 $400Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	8x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $500

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16