Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 546 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.81 6% 9.09 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.5 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 76.5 66% 79.1 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 71 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 1,103 Mixed 1,138 317% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 35.5 182% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.4 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 201 158% 206 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96873696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4352886568 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3437 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 33 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 92227 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 51539607584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1251 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63243393438920 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42032298657 (F2) Unknown 100 253 276322372341	53.3% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 92.3 Mixed 95.6 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 79 3103 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3664 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5576 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 144 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2469 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 193274445857 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5683 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 144 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 136810	52.8% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 94.5 Mixed 90.9 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 32GB 1,074 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 25GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 133 Write 13.9 Mixed 21.8 48% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.67 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 34% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 47%

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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 $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $500

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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