Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	85.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 11:20
Run Duration	92 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 84.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 787 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 960GB-$462 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1680 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1769575 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128849018910 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20813	85.1% Excellent	Read 494 Write 467 Mixed 396 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 12.4 94% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 58 88% 168 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 109%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 375GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38982 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 727 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 207 207 4476 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10131921765277 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 162 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1405979 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 207 207 149 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 488 Write 240 Mixed 329 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 6.92 82% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 11.5 38% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x16GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 86%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	626x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	310x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	147x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	119x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $719

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