Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	9.9 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 06:01
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 785 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 86% 114 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 101 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 76GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,319 Write 6,025 Mixed 5,623 1,337% 5,989 MB/s	4K Read 753 4K Write 263 4K Mixed 422 1,820% 479 MB/s	DQ Read 1768 DQ Write 1,053 DQ Mixed 1,146 925% 1,323 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 1,954 Write 927 Mixed 687 260% 1,189 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 54.6 210% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1042 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 382 358% 577 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: 110 111 112 111 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 110 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 274GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 87 85 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 92 Write 80.8 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 84.9 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% 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 (78^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.1 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $250Bench 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 $83Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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