Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	123% 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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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 22:20
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 806 70% 595 Pts	64-Core 1,090 68% 1,090 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2956) 2GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 32.6 32% 36 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 34.1 Splatting 34.4 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 717GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 472 465 457 457 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 484 Mixed 460 SusWrite 467 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 55.4 185% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 522GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 96 8.9 94 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 160 Write 130 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 97.7 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 891GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 172 170 168 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 169 Mixed 105 SusWrite 172 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 517GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 92 84 81 92 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 80.2 Write 92.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 88.8 99% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 49%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.6% 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