Gigabyte Z370 HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	119% 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 HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 13:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 734 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 113 93% 114 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 81.7 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 254 198 200 202 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 473 Mixed 368 SusWrite 232 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 65.1 219% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 273GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 67 67 66 65 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 89 Write 75.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 66.1 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 88 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 89.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 87.1 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 327GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 27 26 30 77 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 35 Write 35.3 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 50.9 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1 152% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 75%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 83 Write 78 Mixed 49 SusWrite 73.9 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 22.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3 - $200

CPU
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	710x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	698x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	545x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	243x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	213x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	101x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	50x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

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