Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 11:09
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (81^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 260 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 735 79% 629 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 19.1 17% 18.8 fps	MRender 23.9 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 15.8 16% 20.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 291GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 119 119 164 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38683214296 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1253 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4364 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 257698955296 (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 200 200 0	51.2% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 88 Mixed 77.7 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 97 227008055 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 474455392 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1338 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 605552673 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 48 233309296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 64 Mixed 60.6 48% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 105%

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

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Desktop 95%

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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 $275	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