Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 10:41
Run Duration	100 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 718 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5399 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3461835064631 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 38 266287972406 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1911269622205 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2349 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12493 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6385 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6650 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.1% Above average	Read 504 Write 145 Mixed 283 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 5.48 79% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 5.12 46% 108 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 188GB free Firmware: SM14 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5244584 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33949174 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1297 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 135 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 9279832105 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38901 (C2) HDA temperature 41 56 68719476777 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54.4% Above average	Read 82.5 Write 106 Mixed 82.5 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.54 179% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSA.8FBD 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 48%

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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 $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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	8x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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