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 way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 01:51
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 498 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8605709258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 96988951478703 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 217 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 52 73017851934 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 73017851934 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 104 8605709258 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 104 104 8605709258 (CC) Soft ECC correction 104 104 8605709258 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1027 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1423 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1423 (F2) Unknown 0 0 877 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1245192	58.7% Above average	Read 450 Write 114 Mixed 151 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 11.1 105% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 64.9 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 10.8 31% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 11854 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7930 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 12 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (0D) Soft read error rate 98 98 11843 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12020 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 66 538902559 (C2) HDA temperature 69 65 538902559 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 305559 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 21 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 71 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58.6% Above average	Read 98 Write 106 Mixed 111 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 582GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2623 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 65 7362 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 38 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10284 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3706 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 45 236224315430 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 38 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 93 1 4074 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 588869 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8335	80.3% Excellent	Read 132 Write 147 Mixed 126 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.35 119% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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