Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	285% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 above expectations (91^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 833 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,126 70% 1,126 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 204 Parallax 185 152% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 181 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1606 992 624 624 623 622 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,526 Write 2,138 Mixed 1,499 SusWrite 848 391% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 83.8 280% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 969 738% 997 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 53GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 487 447 429 454 487 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 483 Mixed 412 SusWrite 465 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59 199% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 188 182 187 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 178 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 184 110% 152 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 19.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 109%

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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	1,933x
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	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 $95Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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