Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.51% 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	276% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370M AORUS Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 05:18
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 748 82% 647 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7642 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 9.2 Parallax 8.2 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 683 658 612 577 614 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 2,186 Mixed 1,718 SusWrite 707 370% 1,650 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 79.1 284% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,637 DQ Write 1,313 DQ Mixed 1,449 1,092% 1,467 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 803GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 160 163 173 161 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 96.9 Write 121 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 163 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.9 2.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 11.2 Mixed 11 SusWrite 2.5 13% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G26C16U4W.8FD 2x8GB 629 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 96%

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

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	133x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	113x
Core i5-8400Intel $129Bench 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 $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	40x

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: $338

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16