Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	135% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 22:01
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 677 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 172 Parallax 148 126% 158 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 177 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4761 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2562 (B1) Unknown 98 98 36 (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 52 45 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 19 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1031 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11262351037	135% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 496 Mixed 502 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 59.6 223% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 130 158% 277 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 126%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 41GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -105200928030423 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1334 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1080 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1080 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 326683 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 326683 (F2) Unknown 100 100 264870 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18268	93.6% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 257 Mixed 319 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 23.4 161% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 91.4 114% 202 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 95%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 951GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187132104 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 58 17184959845 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 79 79 22396 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 8590131222 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 45 840499250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 13824 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14768 (C2) HDA temperature 50 55 73014444082 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 140063178492599 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9185096326 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128038801878	69% Good	Read 105 Write 134 Mixed 102 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 5.09 4K Mixed 0.64 181% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 351GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8544672 (03) Spinup time 95 78 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3973 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8691229326 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2757 (B7) Unknown 1 1 491 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 30 73016410265 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 52 48 806944816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 721 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4440 (C2) HDA temperature 48 52 73014444080 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 4 8544672 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 491 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92457761013859 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2600914367 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3567907735	47.3% Average	Read 109 Write 56 Mixed 63.5 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 2x16GB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

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

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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 $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 $195Bench 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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	8x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16