Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	127% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 00:28
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 921 93% 753 Pts	64-Core 1,259 78% 1,259 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 162 Parallax 183 141% 173 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 151 Splatting 110 118% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 61GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,742 Write 1,678 Mixed 816 313% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 62.9 218% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,168 DQ Write 1,091 DQ Mixed 882 730% 1,047 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 4.6 15 106 72 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 454 Write 348 Mixed 252 SusWrite 77.7 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 13.2 74% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 69.1 DQ Mixed 19.6 34% 66.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 503GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 145 145 143 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 144 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 925GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 174 175 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 172 Mixed 108 SusWrite 175 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 27.7 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 27.9 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 115%

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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 $92Bench 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: $721

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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