Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	273% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 10:10
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 798 83% 666 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% PwrHis(1787 200B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 6.16 6% 7.54 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 9.39 6% 7.57 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,614 Write 1,218 Mixed 1,515 392% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.8 243% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 197 211% 355 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 144GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1565 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1406 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5709836517	116% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 408 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 48.4 183% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 108 140% 254 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 122%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 393GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 135 2081 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15659 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9981 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13217 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 15 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 15	63.8% Good	Read 96.5 Write 126 Mixed 95.3 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.49 109% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 72%
Samsung HD253GJ 250GB 4,131 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 165GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5435 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4361 (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 1716 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2550 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 141734445080 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4414	56.5% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 98.9 Mixed 91.7 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.41 115% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 104%

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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 $182	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) $30	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