Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.1% 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	143% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 848 82% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 65.2 60% 71.7 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 71.8 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,540 Write 575 Mixed 748 209% 954 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 24.9 121% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 17.8 72% 154 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 142%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 183 183 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 33 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	117% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 210 Mixed 183 148% 197 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.55 144% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204765000 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 57 12917699180 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110117 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23068269343007 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27276094242 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19161081529	91.6% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 160 Mixed 146 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 2,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 115GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 159 Write 78.5 Mixed 101 131% 113 MB/s	4K Read 7.78 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.55 122% 3.51 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 19.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 104%

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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	1,933x
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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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