Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.57% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	103% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 09:54
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 683 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 6.88 6% 8.03 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 14.3 8% 9.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.57% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 144 140 140 135 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 481 Mixed 358 SusWrite 171 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 52.1 183% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 348 262% 352 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%
Toshiba MG03ACA100 1TB 1,552 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 858GB free Firmware: FL1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 138 140 141 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 134 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 140 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 233GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 126 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 68 SusWrite 127 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 660GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 55 56 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 70.5 Write 72.3 Mixed 46 SusWrite 55.5 82% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 31,969 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 57%

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Desktop 96%

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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 $95Bench 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 $38Bench 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: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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