Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 01:56
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$177 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 157 2-Core 290 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 815 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 100% 129 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 400 Write 343 Mixed 295 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 25 125% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 145 136% 207 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 814GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 165 168 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 160 Mixed 72 SusWrite 167 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 98%
Generic Flash Disk 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 908GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.71% Terrible	Read 2.5 Write 6.3 Mixed 3.3 SusWrite 6.3 7% 4.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 44% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.71% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 1x16GB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 52%

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

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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 $177Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	636x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	316x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	149x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	123x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $515

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353