Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 784 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1613 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 49.6 Parallax 44.2 41% 48.2 fps	MRender 42.6 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 40 35% 42.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 464 466 384 304 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 457 Mixed 366 SusWrite 396 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.8 172% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 253 216% 316 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 494GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 60 57 59 59 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 83.7 Write 80.8 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 57.6 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.2 316% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 10GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 11 11 10 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 124 Write 40 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 15.2 65% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.7 228% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 30.1 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 96%

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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	1,932x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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