Gigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics130% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270MX-Gaming5  (all builds)
Memory8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateMay 22 '19 at 23:01
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 76%
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 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 78.6
1-Core 114
2-Core 216
76% 136 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 417
51% 393 Pts
64-Core 514
32% 514 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
130% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 200
Parallax 215
130% 192 fps
MRender 247
Gravity 197
Splatting 135
152% 193 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 130%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
348GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1640 846 715 706 702 714 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
252% Outstanding
Read 2237
Write 1,957
Mixed 1,678
SusWrite 887
378% 1,690 MB/s
4K Read 50
4K Write 85.8
4K Mixed 62.4
201% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,211
DQ Write 839
DQ Mixed 1,038
771% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 252%
Great: 355%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
504GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 79 95 90 125 139 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Read 149
Write 120
Mixed 79.5
SusWrite 99.1
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 109%
WD My Passport 1TB
406GB free, PID 0748
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 74 74 73 73 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
37.7% Below average
Read 95.7
Write 99
Mixed 58
SusWrite 73.5
108% 81.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 45%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
54.3% Above average
MC Read 20.1
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 17.3
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 16.3
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 83.2
48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 54.3%
Great: 80%

 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $526
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