Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	159% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 17:40
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 748 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 64.9 54% 69 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 59 53% 66.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 382 421 392 371 334 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,105 Write 495 Mixed 738 SusWrite 409 152% 687 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 52.9 175% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 399 407% 662 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 219%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 6TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 32 31 33 39 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 107 Write 51 Mixed 52 SusWrite 38.2 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 116%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 23GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 62 32 22 24 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 131 Write 57.7 Mixed 65 SusWrite 37.1 86% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.7 154% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 38%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 39 Write 37 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 38.4 48% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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