Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 03:56
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 481 56% 437 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 66.2 75% 77.1 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 88.4 72% 87.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 1.5TB free Firmware: GS2ZC230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 225 225 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196630 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 691775 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 227634315298 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	10.2% Very poor	Read 113 Write 86.7 Mixed 79.4 21% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.15 2% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 125%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,949 Write 1,174 Mixed 1,202 318% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 30 135% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 137 147% 247 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Seagate ST31000340NS 500GB 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 142 1850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (BF) G-sense error rate 89 89 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1187 (C2) HDA temperature 105 86 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 83 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1545562766 (F2) Unknown 200 200 319519040 (FE) Unknown 198 198 2	65.7% Good	Read 110 Write 119 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.9 MB/s

Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free Firmware: GS2ZC360 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 227 227 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 13251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1114136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 8 8 923937 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 223339085857 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	69.2% Good	Read 115 Write 126 Mixed 109 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 72%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 740GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897288378 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 197569740838 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 163 Mixed 147 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.13 61% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FE 2x4GB 650 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.1% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 108%

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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