Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% 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	170% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 18:35
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 714 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 85 55% 72.5 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 52.6 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 284 247 289 256 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,373 Write 330 Mixed 379 SusWrite 267 128% 587 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 50.1 225% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 474 410% 628 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 236%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 233GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1563 1497 1549 1514 1548 1512 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2549 Write 1,512 Mixed 1,171 SusWrite 1,531 376% 1,691 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 91.6 306% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 734 DQ Write 1,115 DQ Mixed 762 622% 870 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 333%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 582GB free Firmware: 2BC10008 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 92 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 85.2 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 70%
WD WD7500AACS-00ZJB0 4TB 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 135 135 135 139 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 79.7 Write 109 Mixed 67 SusWrite 134 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 177% 1.73 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 29.4 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

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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 $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