Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 11:49
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 900 87% 714 Pts	64-Core 1,173 73% 1,173 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2790 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 193 Parallax 193 154% 192 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 271GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18184 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1903 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24749368555	106% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 397 Mixed 405 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 42.9 160% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 26.6 90% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 28351 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2393 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 79 79 646 (AE) Unknown 100 100 600 (B5) Unknown 100 100 41021445773466 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 79 79 21 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	56.7% Above average	Read 458 Write 189 Mixed 248 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 4.69 88% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 4.56 19% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 461GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 126 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2542 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 745 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 913659 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 31 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.1% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 64.4 Mixed 64.8 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.13 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 59%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 4TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 217 Write 159 Mixed 136 206% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.14 27% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%

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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	271x

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 $92Bench 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: $1,032

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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