Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 07:54
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 as expected (59^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 391 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus Radeon RX Vega 340 User benchmarks, average bench 85% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 97.7 70% 87.1 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 112 Splatting 104 81% 97.8 fps
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,696 Write 1,158 Mixed 488 244% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 47.1 135% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 806 DQ Mixed 652 569% 853 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 64GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 187 195 149 169 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 426 Mixed 311 SusWrite 176 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 42.2 134% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 248 193% 264 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 100%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 465GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 219 316 188 187 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 466 Write 460 Mixed 407 SusWrite 218 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 35.9 138% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 291 234% 331 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 125%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 125 114 122 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 64.7 Write 118 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 119 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 222% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905598-034.A00G 1x16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

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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 $245Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16