Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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	7.23% 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	229% 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

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 01:29
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$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 93.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 948 94% 764 Pts	64-Core 1,241 77% 1,241 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.61 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 14.9 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,017 Write 1,227 Mixed 1,148 323% 1,464 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 27.7 185% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 521 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 24.6 133% 306 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 229% 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 (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69010560 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43397629995 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3603 (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 69 56 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4778 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 21474836511 (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 -122934848897805 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46848802229 (F2) Unknown 100 253 519987448246	98.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 166 Mixed 169 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.5% 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 @ 3333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 25 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.7% 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 $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 $37Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,044

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16