Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 01:18
Run Duration	680 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 869 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 240 2,991 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 7240) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Lighting 5.13 Reflection 6.27 Parallax 6.75 4% 6.05 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 6.3 5% 5.46 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.1 203 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 450 Write 217 Mixed 238 SusWrite 49.7 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 19 44% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 68.3 DQ Mixed 178 100% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 367GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.3 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 44.4 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 726GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 1.5 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 96.8 Write 83.3 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 30 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 59%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 119GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.4 41 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 41 Write 40 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 13.9 42% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 42%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6387, Multilaser 8Gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.3 1.4 2.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 4.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 0.7 4% 3.22 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 19.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 120%

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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	1,934x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	305x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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