Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	241% 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 (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 247 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 792 75% 621 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Lighting 87.6 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 90.2 71% 89.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2030 240GB SSD 590 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS203021 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,258 Write 1,266 Mixed 1,594 377% 1,706 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.8 183% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 26.4 114% 254 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 197%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 562GB free Firmware: G005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 61 241022650 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2431 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 29 (07) Seek error rate 58 36 1172713335252 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2548 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 20393 (BE) vendor-specific 65 38 588185635 (C2) HDA temperature 35 62 25769803811 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 21 241022650 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	51.2% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 84.5 Mixed 78.9 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 11GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 22.1 Mixed 27.6 35% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.79 4K Write 3.13 4K Mixed 1.62 179% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 95%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	625x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	310x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	147x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	137x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $724

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