Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	68.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 22:41
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 850 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,110 69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.7% 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 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 206 Parallax 177 146% 188 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 181 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4576 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 455 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179688 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5297	68.2% Good	Read 500 Write 336 Mixed 356 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 9.69 54% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 48.7 96% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 97%
Nvme INTEL MEMPEK1W01 14GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 13GB free Firmware: K3110300 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 824 Write 142 Mixed 245 87% 404 MB/s	4K Read 67.8 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 71.1 215% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 246 202% 299 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 243%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 73 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 45 10035 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 221 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38576 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (B5) Unknown 81 81 413805645 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 44 240518955045 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 479 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 226	68.8% Good	Read 98.9 Write 141 Mixed 136 95% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%
hp v165w 4GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 5307 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	4.6% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 4.22 Mixed 6.52 10% 9.46 MB/s	4K Read 4.65 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 18% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 57%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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) $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