Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	246% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '23 at 22:09
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$165 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 584 65% 512 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D0) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 109 Parallax 125 96% 117 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 95 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1512 1190 797 800 815 820 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,946 Write 1,775 Mixed 1,421 SusWrite 989 344% 1,533 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 65.9 213% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 924 691% 927 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 355%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 446GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 840 842 838 843 845 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,121 Write 743 Mixed 732 SusWrite 839 192% 859 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 46.3 168% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 851 DQ Mixed 224 278% 475 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 242%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 289 290 289 290 292 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 246 Write 188 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 288 146% 202 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 1.1 359% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 213%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 3,832 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 24GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 16 3.5 6.4 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 61.7 Write 24.7 Mixed 26.9 SusWrite 16.8 38% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 3.6 165% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C16/16G KHX2666C16/8G 32GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 83%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	405x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	294x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	163x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	140x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	116x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	40x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	29x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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