Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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 Drive	227% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 06:36
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 86.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 849 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,042 64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 115% 144 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2TB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 44403 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 214 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45679180026	77.7% Very good	Read 502 Write 112 Mixed 281 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 26.5 137% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 20.8 74% 163 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 126%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,146 Write 1,300 Mixed 1,202 342% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 29.4 179% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.4 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 177 148% 203 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 270GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20313 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 62 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60723894468	104% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 42.1 173% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 114 100% 142 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 999GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 159 6716 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12169 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 124 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.52 148% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 145GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2738 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 95 Write 99.3 Mixed 76 67% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 104%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 - $226

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,931x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	540x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	268x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	479x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	304x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,042

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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