Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 19:23
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 778 82% 654 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 85.4 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 77.7 70% 81.7 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 85.5 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 7 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262151 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 67 64 154620198945 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 1 1 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 404 (F1) Unknown 100 100 484 (F2) Unknown 100 100 340 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27888	47.8% Average	Read 276 Write 201 Mixed 195 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 4.35 72% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 7.03 31% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 185 1483 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1985 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1179 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5903 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43230 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 35 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3631 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8478181055 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10041947709 (FE) Unknown 198 198 2	55.6% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 100 Mixed 45.4 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 139GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 114 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6982 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3177 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79221 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 76.4 Write 75.5 Mixed 44.8 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 59%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 161GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 82 5415 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4384 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10416 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3329 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 188979675172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 50 1 26780 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 58 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 29 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4643	59.3% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 109 Mixed 70 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.4 116% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 77%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 394GB free, PID 0105 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 40.1 Mixed 38 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 24.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 98%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	402x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	288x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	163x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	114x

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 $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16