Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '23 at 05:36
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 846 80% 665 Pts	64-Core 1043 65% 1043 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.43% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 6.4 Parallax 6.4 5% 6.4 fps	MRender 0.8 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 3.3 3% 3.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 609GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 459 435 454 461 449 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 475 Mixed 446 SusWrite 455 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 50.5 170% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 194 195 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 184 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 194 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 22 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,953x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	545x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	275x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	486x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	307x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	151x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	123x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	143x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,027

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16