Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	97.2% 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 Drive	241% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 14:32
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 156 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 989 98% 803 Pts	64-Core 1,284 79% 1,284 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 131 102% 131 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 123 Splatting 103 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,762 Write 1,143 Mixed 1,291 379% 1,732 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 26.8 196% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 59.2 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 183 119% 136 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3250318AS 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 414GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 96 1432 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4452400822 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 991 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 134 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 589299747 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 26 1432 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 38315403252957 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3321810186 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3672643585	69.8% Good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 121 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.72 128% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 110GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 90 60966170 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 142560494 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3477 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3086 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 606011428 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 85899345956 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 16 60966170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -112291919939084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3533381324 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3615069951	59.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 102 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 44%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $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 $269	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