Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	141% 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	220% 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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 06:02
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$170 588,978 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 (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 142 2-Core 243 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 736 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3052 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 218 Parallax 194 164% 204 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 192 Splatting 135 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 903 Mixed 1,092 292% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 32.1 222% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 31.7 138% 317 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8413 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 510 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 377 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12007919683
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 876GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 99.2 Write 98.8 Mixed 74.4 115% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 20.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 85%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	104x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 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 $85Bench 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 $48Bench 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: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16