Gigabyte Z370 HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	204% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 02:52
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 448 62% 457 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8464) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 51.8 35% 44.5 fps	MRender 53.7 Gravity 48.7 Splatting 36.3 37% 46.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 626 627 638 622 634 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,019 Write 1,066 Mixed 652 SusWrite 660 191% 849 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 62.7 230% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 1,312 DQ Mixed 877 747% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 194 197 193 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 155 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 195 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 029E CMV8GX4M1A2666C18 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 24.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z370 HD3-CF Builds (Compare 3,513 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3 - $200

CPU
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	709x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	698x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	545x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	243x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	213x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	101x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $46Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	50x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

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 $46

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