Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.6% 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	45% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '19 at 23:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 316 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 639 8-Core 1,060 104% 849 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 92% 111 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.9 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 2 46 61 87 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 437 Write 202 Mixed 256 SusWrite 62.1 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 19 72% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 41.5 30% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 53%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 301GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 395 397 411 404 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 440 Mixed 252 SusWrite 404 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 56.4 191% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 280 231% 331 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 830GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 22 34 42 40 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 26.1 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 28.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 107%

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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