Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 116%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	164% 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	67.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$376 141,174 User benchmarks, average bench 108% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	SC Int 144 SC Float 150 SC Mixed 147 118% 147 Pts	QC Int 568 QC Float 599 QC Mixed 564 131% 577 Pts	MC Int 1,094 MC Float 1,256 MC Mixed 1,173 176% 1,174 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$113 194,183 User benchmarks, average bench 153% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Lighting 539 Reflection 524 Parallax 614 175% 559 fps	MRender 271 Gravity 500 Splatting 292 156% 354 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 177%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 18,077 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17148 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4351 (B1) Unknown 75 75 249 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1388 (F1) Unknown 99 99 436447560	67.2% Good	Read 509 Write 112 Mixed 128 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 10 111% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 10.2 58% 138 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 73%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$170 7,452 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 34GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 4271 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1182 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 324 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044184100 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10766320929 (F7) Unknown 100 100 336692488 (F8) Unknown 100 100 206711569 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3574 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 485 Write 343 Mixed 339 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 15.5 105% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 46.9 102% 212 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$130 5,849 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

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Gaming 128%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 - $188

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $376Bench 108%, 141,174 samples	3,058x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 56,474 samples	1,055x
Core i7-8700Intel $330Bench 103%, 30,228 samples	249x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $113Bench 153%, 194,183 samples	1,177x
GTX 1080Nvidia $469Bench 125%, 298,873 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $329Bench 99%, 367,574 samples	500x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $99Bench 199%, 92,831 samples	585x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $152Bench 216%, 54,724 samples	390x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $115Bench 114%, 240,710 samples	350x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 86%, 101,699 samples	410x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $170Bench 90%, 25,060 samples	352x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $154Bench 84%, 13,084 samples	185x

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Value: 147% - Outstanding

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $376	Nvidia GTX 1070 $329	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $78
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $115
Intel Core i7-7700K $360	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $145	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12