Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% 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	253% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 866 85% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 119 Parallax 96.9 97% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,947 Write 1,160 Mixed 1,319 395% 1,809 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 36.1 175% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 105 124% 219 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 587GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167427392 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 769017661 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6354 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 9027059738 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 164599 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28892245015345 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26465291347 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38430052311	80.1% Excellent	Read 166 Write 112 Mixed 112 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.26 147% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 329GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 164 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1649 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5612 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 138 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 34.9 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%

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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	1,932x
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 $76Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $1,016

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