Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	323% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 01:54
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 766 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 125 106% 132 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2199 658 617 616 619 618 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,559 Write 2,372 Mixed 1,489 SusWrite 888 408% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 89.7 302% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,742 DQ Write 1539 DQ Mixed 1,556 1,190% 1,612 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 319GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 491 492 491 492 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 418 Mixed 452 SusWrite 491 103% 454 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 63.7 223% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 188GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,296 Write 8,724 Mixed 8,076 1,872% 8,365 MB/s	4K Read 795 4K Write 426 4K Mixed 361 1,892% 527 MB/s	DQ Read 2,156 DQ Write 1,597 DQ Mixed 1,700 1,319% 1,818 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 28.6 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

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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	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 $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 $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) $30	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