Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 04:17
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 632 70% 551 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69.5 67% 77.2 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 75.5 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB 3,502 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 136 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 842 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 92 82 193274511395 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 403	97.2% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 494 Mixed 504 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 13.6 111% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 61.4 119% 239 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238244920 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18816833 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 124551 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (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 29476360555758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21643300944 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66001433063	66.4% Good	Read 122 Write 110 Mixed 130 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.12 54% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 53 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 602 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 134 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 434GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 94.2 Mixed 86.4 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 107%

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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	1,934x
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	480x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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