Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 07:06
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (81^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 820 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,087 67% 1,087 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 110% 135 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7990 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 197 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24090355714	98.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 399 Mixed 412 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 40.9 147% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 88.3 91% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 148GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30537 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1499 (B1) Unknown 90 90 117 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 76733815196	74.3% Very good	Read 497 Write 310 Mixed 239 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 15.3 94% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 38.1 69% 136 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 89%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 53 201864839193 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20957022297 (F7) Unknown 100 100 658013141 (F8) Unknown 100 100 365227575	94.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 475 Mixed 463 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 31.8 123% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 50.9 73% 133 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 78.7 119% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 833GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 36.3 Mixed 18 37% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.17 21% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 44%

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 (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	271x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	480x
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 $273	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 $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