Gigabyte Z370 HD3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 HD3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 160 2-Core 316 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 668 81% 622 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 87.8 61% 75.2 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 81.1 58% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 400 Write 252 Mixed 266 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.8 167% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 163 145% 221 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 94%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 235GB free Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	Read 241 Write 236 Mixed 168 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 27.8 92% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 47.5 DQ Mixed 62.7 51% 74 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 6,743 Write 52.5 Mixed 95.5 1,645% 2,297 MB/s	4K Read 1,034 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 3.1 43,451% 346 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 214GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 71.8 Write 27.8 Mixed 49 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 120GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 97GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 6,730 Write 25.2 Mixed 53.5 1,518% 2,270 MB/s	4K Read 1020 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 4.2 3,993% 342 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3 - $200

CPU
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	710x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	698x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	545x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	369x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	243x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	213x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	101x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	51x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

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