Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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.
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	113% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 15:39
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 825 75% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,115 69% 1,115 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 100%

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: 397.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 115% 143 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 51GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -86930137136978 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 688 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4811062 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 688 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 489427 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 30 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 489427 (F2) Unknown 100 100 214942 (F9) Unknown 100 100 19161	76.6% Very good	Read 503 Write 162 Mixed 239 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 20.1 132% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 55.5 78% 145 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22471 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 495 (B1) Unknown 93 93 132 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 16 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41424661312	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 406 Mixed 413 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 47.3 176% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 109 133% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 180 5708 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2573 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 968219 (C2) HDA temperature 118 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.3% Good	Read 128 Write 85.4 Mixed 91.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.15 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 400GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 64 7914914 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 176874443 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 22084721845148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 655949857 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 317 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11279 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 51539607585 (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 -13005160964503 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24484060241 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18267180754	56% Above average	Read 112 Write 82.9 Mixed 95.5 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 105%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 45GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 113 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7072 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1144574 (C2) HDA temperature 112 71 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.2% Poor	Read 49 Write 49.1 Mixed 43.5 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 107%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,933x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	540x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	270x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	479x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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