Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	143% 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	91% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	5.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 07:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 154 2-Core 316 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 981 98% 796 Pts	64-Core 1,326 82% 1,326 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 209 Parallax 193 167% 202 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 200 Splatting 135 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 456GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 3,045 Write 2,219 Mixed 2,451 571% 2,572 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 47.3 210% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 116 155% 282 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 456GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,966 Write 2,211 Mixed 2,293 553% 2,490 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 37.3 201% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 134 158% 275 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1767 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 300 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4746513645	91% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 253 Mixed 300 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 29.4 140% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 65.3 109% 213 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 390GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11160727 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 128 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 445584 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 471072795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 24 11160727 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114800180853816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 212706650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1835614772	63.4% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.57 118% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 99%

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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