Gigabyte Z370 HD3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 11:39
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 595 67% 526 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 298 301 300 299 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 408 Write 308 Mixed 270 SusWrite 299 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 22.7 74% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 169 139% 193 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 76GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,629 Write 1,446 Mixed 1,336 328% 1,470 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 33.9 110% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 61.8 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 83.6 69% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 939GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 122 124 124 123 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 89.2 Write 120 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 122 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 64%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 222GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 38 39 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 23.5 Write 27 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 36.5 36% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 46% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 44%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 64GB 7,850 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 1.9 2.3 2.5 3.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 4 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 3 9% 9.02 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 2.2 108% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27.7 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 28.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 104%

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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	709x
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	368x
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	50x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

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