Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive293% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
MotherboardGigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171109
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 07 '20 at 09:57
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 138
2-Core 259
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 839
77% 646 Pts
64-Core 1,089
67% 1,089 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.4% Very good
Lighting 97.4
Reflection 110
Parallax 108
79% 105 fps
MRender 77.4
Gravity 91.3
Splatting 88.5
71% 85.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB
726GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1089 1350 1505 1512 1517 1497 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
293% Outstanding
Read 1,967
Write 2,070
Mixed 1631
SusWrite 1,412
398% 1,770 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 70.5
244% 90.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1446
DQ Write 943
DQ Mixed 1,090
841% 1,159 MB/s
Poor: 194%
This bench: 293%
Great: 334%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 180 181 181 176 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 45.3
Write 165
Mixed 46.3
SusWrite 180
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.4
132% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.1% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 14.4
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 17.7
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 58.4
68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 5-CF Builds (Compare 3,441 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 - $226

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $1,030
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HDDRAMUSB
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