Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370M AORUS Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '20 at 16:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	47%

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 i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 691 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0120A 120GB 4,895 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 38 120 15 35 19 MB/s Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.5% Above average	Read 247 Write 202 Mixed 223 SusWrite 51.7 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 27.4 128% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 15.5 51% 112 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 150GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 111 108 109 108 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 201 Write 156 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 109 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$68 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 145 146 141 146 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 148 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 143 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 342GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 83 81 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 49 Write 110 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 82.9 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.5 154% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.2% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	132x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	112x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	109x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	65x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	40x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	38x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	18x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 76%, 20,001 samples	23x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	19x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $330

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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