Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	262% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 00:46
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 273 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 956 95% 774 Pts	64-Core 1,260 78% 1,260 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 208 Parallax 198 152% 198 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 182 Splatting 133 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,749 Write 1,217 Mixed 1,373 390% 1,780 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.2 212% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 130 143% 245 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 441GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235002081 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 112029786 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 454426650 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 35 235002081 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 100 Mixed 88.2 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.51 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 347GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 177516578 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76818081 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1006 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 487981082 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1450 (C2) HDA temperature 26 6 25769803802 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 177516578 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71751723651949 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5610225462 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35701074959	83.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 140 Mixed 126 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 135 Write 54.5 Mixed 63.1 93% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.87 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.97 128% 3.29 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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