Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 05:41
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 666 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 143 Parallax 133 108% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar SSD 500GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0318B0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,541 Write 1,207 Mixed 220 217% 989 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 29.7 205% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 621 DQ Write 1037 DQ Mixed 467 456% 709 MB/s
Poor: 108% Great: 238%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 423GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 472 481 488 452 356 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 486 Mixed 451 SusWrite 450 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 66.6 224% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 129%
WDC WD1001X06X-00SJVT0 120GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 23GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 119 117 113 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 394 Write 116 Mixed 154 SusWrite 117 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 36.4 140% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 84.6 83% 134 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 72%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 322GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 112 113 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 112 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 69GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 135 128 126 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 125 Mixed 77 SusWrite 126 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GB 17,908 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 25.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 95%

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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 $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 $95Bench 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: $724

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 $40	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