Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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.
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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$190 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 772 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 109% 137 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0 128GB 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.8E SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 158 159 159 158 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	Read 408 Write 160 Mixed 194 SusWrite 157 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38.4 138% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 112 108% 173 MB/s

Adata SP600 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 992GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 177 177 177 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	Read 153 Write 164 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 177 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$379 7,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 27.1 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 102%

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Gaming 94%

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	632x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	313x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	149x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	119x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $515

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16