Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	206% 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.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 917 95% 765 Pts	64-Core 896 55% 896 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,133 Write 1,034 Mixed 1,106 313% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 28 182% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 60.3 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 213 131% 139 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 155 Write 116 Mixed 85.2 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.38 4K Write 5.58 4K Mixed 0.46 254% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 89 219695872 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5895 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2368 (07) Seek error rate 55 53 25771919057 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5784 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295033839 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 71 41 941086277661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5623 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5898 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 96 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 96 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10604274235354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11506524869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20217012153	97.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 166 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB-$253 5,267 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 30.8 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 34.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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