Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	343% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1400 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 12:30
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 840 87% 701 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 117% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1225 1464 1538 1527 1555 1526 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	343% Outstanding	Read 2,524 Write 1,554 Mixed 1,316 SusWrite 1,473 383% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 94.3 317% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,323 DQ Write 1094 DQ Mixed 1099 853% 1,172 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 343% Great: 333%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 47GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,928 Write 1,492 Mixed 614 296% 1,345 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 58.3 241% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,173 DQ Write 1,293 DQ Mixed 710 679% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 148 149 150 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 105 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 149 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 108GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 67 71 69 71 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 69.4 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 94 97 97 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 138 Write 124 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 95.3 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 24.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	402x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	288x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	163x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	114x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	40x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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