Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 01:27
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 63.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 226 71% 133 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 464 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.1% 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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 97.9 90% 109 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 381 Write 331 Mixed 238 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 14.4 103% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 63.4 85% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 349GB free Firmware: KC45 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 60.2 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 542GB free Firmware: CC27 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 167 Write 104 Mixed 71 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 16GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	8x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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