Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	321% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 06:24
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 793 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 199 Parallax 194 149% 192 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 178 Splatting 127 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST3000DM008-2DM166 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 376GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 477 477 484 484 484 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 502 Write 488 Mixed 413 SusWrite 480 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 60 199% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 120% Great: 127%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 739GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2351 2156 1157 1158 1157 1159 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,530 Write 2,369 Mixed 1,562 SusWrite 1523 447% 1,996 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 85.4 286% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 798 DQ Mixed 840 634% 850 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 478 477 484 484 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 489 Mixed 442 SusWrite 480 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.1 203% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 637GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 119 117 115 118 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 102 Write 93.7 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 116 22% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 117% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 478 477 484 484 485 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 460 SusWrite 480 359% 483 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 55.4 9,933% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 3,333% 365 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 029E CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 96%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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: 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 $132	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