Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.3% 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	89.5% 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	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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191128
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '22 at 00:46
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 664 73% 579 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.3% Above average	Lighting 72.4 Reflection 88 Parallax 78.1 59% 79.5 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 69.9 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 147 148 160 139 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 722 Write 137 Mixed 211 SusWrite 142 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 30.2 121% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 514 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 198 183% 292 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 185%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free Firmware: SBFM21.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 325 Write 161 Mixed 141 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 10.4 78% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 12.3 36% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 130GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 87 87 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.8 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 86.6 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 194 195 196 200 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 149 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 194 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 468% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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