Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	263% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	34 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 21:00
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 816 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 588 586 618 612 613 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,398 Write 1,966 Mixed 1,343 SusWrite 648 354% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 82.1 275% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 772 DQ Mixed 950 710% 953 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 457 459 458 455 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 472 Mixed 423 SusWrite 463 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60 201% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 382GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 136 136 135 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 135 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.9 365% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 136%
WD WD20NPVX-00EA4T0 2TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 57 57 61 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 94.7 Write 69.8 Mixed 45.4 SusWrite 58.6 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 60%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 161 170 162 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 191 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 164 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 366% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 136%
BUFFALO HD-QLU3/R5 4 500GB 305GB free, PID 01cd Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 107 106 109 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.9% Average	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 107 132% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.1 MB/s

BUFFALO HD-QLU3/R5 1 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 01cd Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 37 120 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.9% Poor	Read 120 Write 92.7 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 26.1 99% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 75% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 32%
BUFFALO HD-QLU3/R5 2 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID 01cd Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 118 113 116 117 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.5% Average	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 115 143% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 71% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 46%
BUFFALO HD-QLU3/R5 3 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 01cd Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 118 113 116 117 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	Read 116 Write 90.6 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 115 136% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 49%
BUFFALO HD-QLU3/R5 1 12TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6TB free, PID 01cd Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 389 355 390 382 388 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	131% Outstanding	Read 317 Write 233 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 383 315% 242 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 34% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C15-8GVRB 8394 MR[A/B]4U266GHHF16G 04CD F4-2800C15-8GVRB 8394 MR[A/B]4U266GHHF16G 48GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,949x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	543x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	307x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	151x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	122x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	142x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,029

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16