Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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	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 (31%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 17:56
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 777 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 104% 133 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 146 146 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 478 Write 148 Mixed 198 SusWrite 146 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 36.2 143% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 146 124% 183 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 79GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 78 Write 76.1 Mixed 43.1 SusWrite 90 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 51%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 197 199 198 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 205 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 198 112% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%
General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 14 9.1 2.9 9.2 16 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 5.8 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 9.6 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 36% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 107%

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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	1,933x
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 $92Bench 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: $1,032

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 $179	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