Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	273% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 07:42
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 659 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 24.20.100.6094 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.06 6% 8.16 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 14.4 9% 9.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1354 309 313 313 311 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,476 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,256 SusWrite 486 314% 1,422 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 87.7 308% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,242 DQ Mixed 1,001 786% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 195GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 104 103 95 104 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 167 Write 214 Mixed 136 SusWrite 103 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 35.5 127% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 123 103% 149 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 85%
Intel Optane+2.7TBHDD 16 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1TB free Firmware: 17.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 143 143 155 156 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 45%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 71 72 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 79.8 Write 70.2 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 71.5 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 445GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 117 116 117 117 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 122 Write 107 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 117 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2666 C19 1x8GB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.8% Below average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 9.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 51%

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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