Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.4% 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	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 19:20
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 641 72% 566 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.4 Reflection 16 Parallax 19 17% 18.5 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 21.2 16% 19.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 450 463 465 464 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 441 Mixed 367 SusWrite 410 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 48.7 175% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 256 220% 323 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 419GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 97 97 96 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 95.1 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 786GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 166 166 166 165 167 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 125 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 162 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 56GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 53 54 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 60 Write 39.1 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 53.8 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5665-002.A00G 2x4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 23 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 77%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	403x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	291x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	163x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x

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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	29x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $479

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16