Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	99.4% 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.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '21 at 03:37
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 79.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 241 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 803 76% 627 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 168 Parallax 158 114% 156 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 158 Splatting 115 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 296 284 269 246 250 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 440 Mixed 278 SusWrite 280 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 42.5 155% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 148 163% 277 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 116%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 73GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,464 Write 2,177 Mixed 1,731 472% 2,124 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 86.7 284% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1348 DQ Write 1042 DQ Mixed 1,158 876% 1,183 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 507GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 121 122 122 122 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 120 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3600 C18 Series 2x16GB 4,694 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 23.5 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 112%

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

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,934x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	540x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	271x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	480x
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 $90Bench 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 $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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