Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.4% 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	305% 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	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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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '19 at 00:22
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 877 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,129 70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 94%

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.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6444 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.4% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.81 7% 10 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 230GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 294 296 296 294 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 485 Mixed 413 SusWrite 314 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.6 201% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 122%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2275 597 598 587 589 593 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 2,324 Mixed 1,508 SusWrite 873 403% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 90 300% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,472 DQ Write 1,118 DQ Mixed 1,265 954% 1,285 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 340%
Liteon IT LCS-128L9S-HP 128GB 2,338 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 119GB free Firmware: 9C08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 317 315 317 303 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 308 Mixed 284 SusWrite 314 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 40.9 149% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 193 177% 271 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 98%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 457GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 474 471 476 436 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 483 Mixed 427 SusWrite 436 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.6 170% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 167GB free Firmware: LF1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 171 175 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 332 Write 206 Mixed 242 SusWrite 170 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.5 174% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 215 163% 224 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 929GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 66 SusWrite 112 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 2 382% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 135 135 138 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 128 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 135 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 25.4 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 104%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	402x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	288x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	163x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	114x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	40x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

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