Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 20:26
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$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 (77^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 230 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 776 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 100% 126 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 259 260 269 267 270 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,306 Write 267 Mixed 377 SusWrite 265 120% 554 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 41.8 189% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 266 210% 293 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 241%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 93GB free Firmware: SBFA12.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 147 107 111 110 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 404 Write 123 Mixed 331 SusWrite 134 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 41.5 150% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 221 194% 289 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 94%

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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