Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '23 at 00:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 (5^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 572 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 979 61% 979 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 85% 106 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 108 Splatting 97.3 79% 95.4 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 289 294 272 235 213 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 392 Write 318 Mixed 217 SusWrite 260 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 23.2 83% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 64.2 103% 200 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 99GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 197 197 198 200 201 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 423 Write 331 Mixed 232 SusWrite 205 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 15.3 71% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 279 230% 329 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 343GB free Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 656 297 312 310 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,131 Write 1,377 Mixed 1,194 SusWrite 478 235% 1,045 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 30.2 122% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 661 493% 659 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 169GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 98 96 99 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 174 Write 166 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 97.1 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 110%

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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	1,931x
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 $76Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $1,016

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