Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	370% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 06:10
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 942 96% 775 Pts	64-Core 1,256 78% 1,256 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6194 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Lighting 8.63 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 8.81 7% 10 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 16.9 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2164 2207 2164 2193 2170 2197 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 2,647 Write 2,150 Mixed 1,331 SusWrite 2,182 466% 2,078 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 78.5 270% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1215 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 1,052 790% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 393%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 202GB free Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 782 767 771 759 749 756 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,395 Write 898 Mixed 658 SusWrite 764 207% 929 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.9 213% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 730 DQ Mixed 613 509% 734 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 215%
PP3-8D128 128GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 115GB free Firmware: LTNFW1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 135 135 135 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 462 Mixed 535 SusWrite 182 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 49.9 189% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 330 271% 382 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 752GB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 178 180 179 171 178 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 177 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 176 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.3 156% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 111%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 172 174 170 173 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 187 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 171 101% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 28.5 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 35.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%

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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 $45Bench 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