Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	97.6% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181030
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 04:55
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 430 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2770 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 159 Parallax 138 119% 148 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 146 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,182 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 117 96 46 52 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 438 Mixed 408 SusWrite 95.8 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 50 189% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 166 160% 242 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 409GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 463 475 488 476 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 486 Mixed 464 SusWrite 427 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.1 197% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 363GB free Firmware: JC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 118 116 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 116 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 376GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 151 153 148 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 144 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 149 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 127 127 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 98.7 Write 53.8 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 124 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 6.5 829% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 2,402 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 26.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 27.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 96%

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Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 1,621 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

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 $90Bench 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: $719

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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