Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79% 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	238% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 08:56
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 278 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 685 76% 597 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.7 79% 101 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 97.3 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1425 1512 1509 1434 94 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1372 Write 1,624 Mixed 1,463 SusWrite 1,027 310% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.8 226% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,323 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 1,124 843% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 295%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 123 133 115 123 95 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 293 Write 198 Mixed 235 SusWrite 122 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 35.5 116% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 139 116% 167 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 443GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 114 116 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 117 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 44GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 109 125 119 125 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 94.9 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 110 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 28 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 29.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

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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 $295	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