Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 05:00
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 775 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 86% 108 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 100 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 76GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,963 Write 6,639 Mixed 6,194 1,473% 6,599 MB/s	4K Read 802 4K Write 344 4K Mixed 406 1,917% 517 MB/s	DQ Read 1,888 DQ Write 1,152 DQ Mixed 1,272 1,014% 1,437 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2045 Write 919 Mixed 757 271% 1,240 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 57.3 222% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,041 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 380 357% 578 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 247GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 104 108 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 61 SusWrite 110 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 274GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 87 85 84 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 89 Write 74.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 85.5 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.5 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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