Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% 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	253% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '24 at 11:08
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 660 74% 579 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 887C) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.65 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 91.3 84% 93.5 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 65.5 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85 23,469 User benchmarks, average bench 437% 574GB free (System drive) Firmware: 620331WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1712 1791 1750 956 870 857 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,682 Write 1,940 Mixed 1608 SusWrite 1,323 370% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 57.3 196% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 852 DQ Mixed 1,004 747% 994 MB/s
Poor: 251% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 598%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 111GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 84 82 90 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 128 Write 104 Mixed 91.9 SusWrite 85.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 76%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 116 Write 122 Mixed 79.4 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 79GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 102 98 117 85 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 105 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 81 82 80 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 75.3 Write 47.9 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 80.4 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 88%
WD WD101EFBX-68B0AN0 10TB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 565GB free Firmware: 85.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 113 114 113 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 175 Write 188 Mixed 102 SusWrite 112 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.3 305% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 118%
WD WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 4TB 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 42GB free Firmware: 81.00B81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 118 130 126 129 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 136 Write 109 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 121 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.5 237% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT16G4D26BFT4.C16FD 2x16GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%

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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	69	56	60	27"	1280 720	BAT2700 MONITOR-DP

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	628x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	311x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	148x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $550	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