Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 03:20
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 887 84% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,108 69% 1,108 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 119 Parallax 94.8 85% 106 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 101 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1376270 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 256 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 45 193275101221 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 78 (EA) Unknown 100 100 104 (F1) Unknown 253 253 98 (F2) Unknown 253 253 53 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 485 Write 150 Mixed 299 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 18.3 86% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 42.6 89% 184 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 100%
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$173 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 41GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2135 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 15469 (A5) Unknown 100 100 57 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1337 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 189813 (F2) Unknown 100 100 176793 (F5) Unknown 100 100 247504	95.1% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 423 Mixed 458 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35.1 139% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 61.9 75% 123 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387460522 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 158915231778 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	117% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 194 Mixed 171 144% 193 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 113% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 107%
79 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0104 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 132 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.23 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 261GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38687211978 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2446 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 206159609889 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 94.4 Mixed 101 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 19.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 101%

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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 $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 $45Bench 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 $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