Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	87.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (85%). 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	444 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (87^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 86.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 860 90% 721 Pts	64-Core 863 53% 863 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 155 Parallax 145 116% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0913A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th 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 100 100 105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (94) Unknown 100 100 233 (95) Unknown 100 100 28 (96) Unknown 100 100 5 (97) Unknown 100 100 15 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6040 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 53016 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59649 (F5) Unknown 100 100 217440 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0	87.3% Excellent	Read 515 Write 347 Mixed 360 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 24.3 133% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.2 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 53.8 68% 115 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 127%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100M 1TB 6,695 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 902GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1845 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 710 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4387 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339347996 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 139 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 270 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.4% Good	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 634GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 157 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6575 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8261 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 92.3 Write 70.7 Mixed 77.2 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 57%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$90 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 298GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 87967 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3414 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2576 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1267 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 101 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2310 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 45894 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 188979347485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 60 49 1678 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 98 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 101 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13145	6.11% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 2.12 Mixed 6.97 7% 9.31 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.15 48% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.7% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 95%

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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 $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