Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.3% 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	91.8% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181030
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 02:13
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 764 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 89.1 80% 95 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 91 Splatting 78.1 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 192 184 190 173 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 196 Mixed 237 SusWrite 187 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 36.8 160% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 191 166% 252 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 129%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 181GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1530 1239 1252 1240 1247 1244 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 127%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 362GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 120 120 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 166 Write 126 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 121 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 527GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 82 82 83 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 83.1 Write 84 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 81.5 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 57%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 810GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 109 120% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 44%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 256GB-$43 436 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 76GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 358 320 313 357 365 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 19% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 114%

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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	271x

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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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