Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 181% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 167% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	203% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	40 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190121
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 15:07
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 814 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,013 63% 1,013 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3987) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	203% Outstanding	Lighting 306 Reflection 230 Parallax 333 249% 289 fps	MRender 322 Gravity 237 Splatting 166 189% 241 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB 11,818 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 462 465 355 310 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 687 Write 1,804 Mixed 646 SusWrite 438 203% 894 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 52.6 192% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 730 DQ Mixed 881 658% 880 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 492%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 15GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 421 Mixed 374 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 26.1 111% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 150 143% 227 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 83%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 118GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 111 112 111 121 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 419 Mixed 212 SusWrite 128 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 31.1 118% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 188 186% 295 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 83%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 69GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,608 Write 1,654 Mixed 746 296% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 41.4 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 684 544% 765 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 310GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 114 116 116 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 114 Write 125 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 115 68% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.7 327% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 211GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 163 164 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 149 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 164 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 402% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 4TB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 116GB free Firmware: 1404 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 121 120 116 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 58 Write 81.5 Mixed 96 SusWrite 122 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 380% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 963GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 89 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 101 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 32.4 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 156%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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