Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	287% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '18 at 02:01
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 719 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 1089 1099 1065 1071 1089 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 1,059 Mixed 1,062 SusWrite 1,081 298% 1,343 MB/s	4K Read 66 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 88.8 298% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 1,061 DQ Mixed 642 568% 843 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 241%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 218GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 405 404 404 376 393 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 401 Mixed 338 SusWrite 394 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.7 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 247 211% 309 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 138 136 137 140 139 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 103 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 137 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 534GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 181 184 184 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 151 Mixed 102 SusWrite 183 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.7 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,938x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	541x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	272x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	480x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	306x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $1,047

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16