Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	273% 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	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.

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 20:55
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 84% 156 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 732 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.4% Average	Lighting 52.3 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 48.7 43% 53.5 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 52.5 Splatting 68.4 54% 65.3 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 610 623 620 624 624 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,321 Write 2,119 Mixed 1,533 SusWrite 663 370% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 77.2 261% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,434 DQ Write 1,206 DQ Mixed 1,320 989% 1,320 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 102GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 311 311 310 311 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 451 Mixed 435 SusWrite 333 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.1 200% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 291 292 292 291 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 452 Mixed 400 SusWrite 310 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.8 208% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 115 114 95 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 406 Write 154 Mixed 226 SusWrite 108 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 38.2 147% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 99.2 95% 150 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 388GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 151 148 147 153 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 151 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,795 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 45 36 35 36 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 150 Write 67.7 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 43.3 97% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.3 115% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 41%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 32GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 29 29 26 29 28 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 102 Write 43 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 28.8 56% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.8 90% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 89%

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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