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 (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	237% 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.

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Run History

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 12:24
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 266 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 774 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 219GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6025 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1011 (B1) Unknown 97 97 58 (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 71 42 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28010501227	87.1% Excellent	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 25.9 129% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.2 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 115 74% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,809 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,285 378% 1,729 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 31.5 176% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.8 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 120 99% 136 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 571GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34621152 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5961 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17611865 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1112 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 316 (BE) vendor-specific 71 40 326905167901 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6149 (C2) HDA temperature 29 60 60129542173 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 158 Mixed 131 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 119%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 327GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 116 112 7200 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1670 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 120 120 242094 (C2) HDA temperature 121 95 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 126 Write 109 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.14 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.3 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 102%

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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	1,931x
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 $275	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