Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	221% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 21:44
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 927 91% 747 Pts	64-Core 1,177 73% 1,177 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2321) 2GB CLim: 1270 MHz, MLim: 1225 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 6.07 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 52.9 5% 32.4 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 42.8 31% 37.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,024 Write 1,198 Mixed 1,140 320% 1,454 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 24.5 170% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 26.9 122% 277 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Seagate ST31000340NS 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191248376 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4605 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43397548075 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 656605219 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4762 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 21474836515 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -96215857349488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46830943589 (F2) Unknown 100 253 519954345367	97.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 158 Mixed 154 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 28.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,934x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	540x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	272x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	480x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	305x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16