Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 07:06
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 851 82% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 184 Parallax 190 133% 179 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 169 Splatting 124 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 889GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 146068325	116% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 402 Mixed 412 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 51.8 184% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 134 151% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -51041391340345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 46 55837589534 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 588877 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 80 80 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 588877 (F2) Unknown 100 100 507596 (F9) Unknown 100 100 149381	57.5% Above average	Read 155 Write 190 Mixed 234 44% 193 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 18.9 106% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 43.7 73% 142 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 785GB free Firmware: DC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242754488 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 47842795778 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1738 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 152 (BC) Unknown 100 90 47245361165 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 538181663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 228138 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 88 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 88 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129244155851939 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69934592709096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17295096119123
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 289GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 41.4 Mixed 15.4 39% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.51 80% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 13.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 105%

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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	1,932x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	540x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	270x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $1,016

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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