Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	190% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370M AORUS Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 22:17
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 203 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 652 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 227 229 199 243 228 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 2,027 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,086 SusWrite 261 248% 1,121 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 61 199% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 474 417% 627 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 277%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 395 389 384 383 391 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 424 Write 392 Mixed 350 SusWrite 389 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 23.1 111% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 35 98% 207 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 93GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 87 65 62 97 52 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 442 Write 383 Mixed 320 SusWrite 118 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 19.5 103% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 1.2 20% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 4,511 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	133x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	113x
Core i5-8400Intel $125Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	109x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	66x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	41x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	38x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	18x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	60x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 76%, 20,001 samples	23x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	19x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $337

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16