Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive84.8% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161124
Uptime6.7 Days
Run DateAug 06 '18 at 18:52
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 80%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 89.5
1-Core 143
2-Core 284
94% 172 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 776
77% 628 Pts
64-Core 767
48% 767 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 157
Reflection 169
Parallax 135
128% 154 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 176
Splatting 116
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 81 87 89 91 90 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Read 473
Write 432
Mixed 366
SusWrite 108
77% 345 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 35.3
146% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 180
178% 283 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
78GB free
Firmware: 05.00K05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 75 74 75 77 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
48.2% Average
Read 92.3
Write 85.7
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 75.2
58% 79.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 48.2%
Great: 76%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
580GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 91 98 105 107 107 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
59.3% Above average
Read 104
Write 92.5
Mixed 66
SusWrite 102
67% 91.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.1% Average
MC Read 13.6
MC Write 13.8
MC Mixed 11.4
37% 12.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 14.2
SC Mixed 14.2
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 67.8
59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 40.1%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270MX-Gaming5 Builds (Compare 244 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $500
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