Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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.

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Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 22:13
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 (94^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 664 75% 589 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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: 417.22 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 112% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0 128GB 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.8E SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 164 146 117 113 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	Read 471 Write 164 Mixed 200 SusWrite 145 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.5 154% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 116 111% 177 MB/s

Adata SP600 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 775GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 160 161 162 160 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	Read 171 Write 178 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 161 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 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 (82^nd percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	634x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	314x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	224x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	149x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $230Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	143x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	120x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 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 $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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