Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 122%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	83.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 03:39
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$370 152,506 User benchmarks, average bench 108% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	SC Int 150 SC Float 156 SC Mixed 153 122% 153 Pts	QC Int 590 QC Float 619 QC Mixed 604 137% 604 Pts	MC Int 1,129 MC Float 1,283 MC Mixed 1,174 179% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$457 311,354 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 420 Reflection 395 Parallax 415 129% 410 fps	MRender 244 Gravity 409 Splatting 259 133% 304 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 172 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9306228 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 158 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 52 223339479074 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98784903191 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 427 (EA) Unknown 100 100 708 (F1) Unknown 253 253 623 (F2) Unknown 253 253 572 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 507 Write 353 Mixed 322 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 21.4 97% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 48.6 98% 202 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$118 34,422 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 183 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 147 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 25 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 187 Mixed 180 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.47 142% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$145 19,192 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 23.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 96%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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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 - $180

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $370Bench 108%, 152,506 samples	2,874x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 53,315 samples	996x
Core i7-8700Intel $310Bench 102%, 26,648 samples	236x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $690Bench 154%, 186,566 samples	1,079x
GTX 1080Nvidia $457Bench 124%, 311,354 samples	881x
GTX 1070Nvidia $349Bench 98%, 363,910 samples	475x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $94Bench 199%, 90,774 samples	569x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $135Bench 217%, 54,934 samples	382x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $115Bench 113%, 232,900 samples	339x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $139Bench 86%, 97,274 samples	386x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $170Bench 89%, 23,519 samples	321x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $160Bench 84%, 12,016 samples	173x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $349	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $269	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $115
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $139	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $11