Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.9% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 19:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 430 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 94% 113 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 120GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1874 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703995 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 71 47 227634708509 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2216 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1497 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1965 (F4) Unknown 100 100 26 (F5) Unknown 100 100 59 (F6) Unknown 100 100 157920	45% Average	Read 282 Write 376 Mixed 332 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 5.79 22% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 9.94 29% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 156GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 185 1416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1020 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5844 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39558 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 35 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3518 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7359612464 (F2) Unknown 200 200 8850950237 (FE) Unknown 198 198 2	55.7% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 96.6 Mixed 94.9 73% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 207GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 119 114 7016 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6519 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3013 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 75074 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.7% Average	Read 91.9 Write 60.1 Mixed 72.9 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 59%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 145GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 82 5359 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3884 (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 10072 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 188979675172 (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 50 1 26780 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 58 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3945	44.3% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.7 Mixed 78.7 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 8GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 86%

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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 $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 $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