Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	253% 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 Z370M AORUS Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 21:54
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium Gold G5400-$55 15,354 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 187 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 330 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 610 6,108 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6229 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	2.81% Terrible	Lighting 3.63 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 3.91 3% 4.37 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 3.37 Splatting 0.09 2% 3.56 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.81% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 93GB free Firmware: 08TH SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 258 278 261 278 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67% Good	Read 403 Write 262 Mixed 260 SusWrite 271 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 14.8 102% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 24.3 42% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 69%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 304 305 307 305 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,477 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,217 SusWrite 478 311% 1,409 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 82.8 275% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 827 DQ Mixed 891 665% 883 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 280%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 04.05G05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 104 106 107 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 107 Write 117 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 107 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 63%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$71 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 158 167 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 162 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 164 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.9% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 119%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	132x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	112x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	109x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	65x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	40x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	38x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	18x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 76%, 20,001 samples	23x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	19x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $331

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