Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	206% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 17:26
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 839 89% 711 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2992 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 208 Parallax 200 161% 202 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 193 Splatting 132 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 384GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1840 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 858 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 62 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35827431574	118% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 413 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.1 190% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 128 145% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 151GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10086 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1377 (E8) Unknown 100 100 22379659953 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	89.6% Excellent	Read 437 Write 389 Mixed 390 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 33.9 134% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 114 98% 149 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 106%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 119GB free Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 26 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22176 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1793 (AF) Unknown 98 98 21 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 187 (B2) Unknown 78 78 444 (B3) Unknown 79 79 836 (B4) Unknown 79 79 3196 (B5) Unknown 99 99 26 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 78 78 1572 (F1) Unknown 5 5 4100323372 (F2) Unknown 31 31 2976165694	48.6% Average	Read 253 Write 245 Mixed 236 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 10.4 68% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 10.4 27% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 50%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 972 Mixed 1,421 322% 1,460 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 34.6 174% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 29.4 109% 243 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 185%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 918 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 896 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 39 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 195 Mixed 170 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.43 134% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 25.8 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	8x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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