Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	279% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 07:17
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$167 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 743 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 136 Parallax 114 102% 125 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 120 Splatting 103 86% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1108 855 864 868 868 869 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 2,097 Mixed 1,655 SusWrite 905 370% 1,646 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 73.3 261% 99.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1654 DQ Write 1,302 DQ Mixed 1,399 1,068% 1,452 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 284%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 593GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2417 2142 1121 1131 1136 1133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,511 Write 2,383 Mixed 1,646 SusWrite 1,514 452% 2,013 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 89 299% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,796 DQ Write 1,551 DQ Mixed 1,643 1,240% 1,663 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 372%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 737GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 136 Write 115 Mixed 114 SusWrite 101 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 130 130 131 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 129 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 1x16GB 4,112 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 60%

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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 $90Bench 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: $1,030

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