Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 05:20
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 146 72% 116 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 220 31% 231 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.7 77% 101 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.9 79% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 205 206 206 207 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 293 Mixed 324 SusWrite 225 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.1 195% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 103GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 127 123 124 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 390 Write 141 Mixed 196 SusWrite 126 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 37.8 142% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 150 117% 161 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 149 149 150 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 112 Write 118 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 148 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.5 190% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 968GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 178 179 178 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 134 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 178 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 109 109 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 108 126% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 43%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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 $279	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 $184	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) $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