Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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.
Boot Drive	208% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211113
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '23 at 13:56
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 70.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 762 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 957 59% 957 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4072) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 120 Parallax 123 106% 124 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 104 Splatting 87.5 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 320 329 331 332 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 2,217 Write 1,467 Mixed 1,111 SusWrite 356 285% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 63.1 209% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 800 579% 757 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 280%
WD WD3200AZRX-00A8LB0 320GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 124 Write 103 Mixed 94 SusWrite 80.1 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 68%
WD WD20EFAX-68FB5N0 2TB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 918GB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 31 29 31 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 29.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 28.7 27% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 45,582 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	23"	1280 720	ACR03DF G237HL

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	404x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	293x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	163x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	29x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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