Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.59% 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	90.9% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '19 at 09:33
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 308 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 913 96% 768 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

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. 26.20.100.6911 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.59% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.88 6% 9.11 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.4 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ripjaws S3 120GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1217A SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 69 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 415 Mixed 369 SusWrite 93.5 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.4 168% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 240 197% 279 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 291GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 178 178 113 111 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 163 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 156 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 28.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 30.9 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 94%

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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 $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	630x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	313x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	149x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	119x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $509

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16