Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	208% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 05:17
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 713 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 152 Parallax 123 113% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 284 284 281 280 277 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,300 Mixed 502 SusWrite 329 222% 1,007 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 50.5 208% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,051 DQ Write 1,142 DQ Mixed 922 742% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 637GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 476 480 482 483 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 479 Mixed 461 SusWrite 468 108% 477 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.6 200% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 62GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 137 138 137 138 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 380 Write 156 Mixed 194 SusWrite 138 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.7 156% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 104 96% 148 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 916GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 167 168 169 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 161 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 168 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 4x4GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 32.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

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