Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 10:43
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$173 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 723 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 28.2 20% 25.4 fps	MRender 33.4 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 26.3 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+489G 525GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	104% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 478 Mixed 485 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 35.6 126% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 67.1 129% 259 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 550GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 189 189 25787040089 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2678 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7117 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864511524 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 149 Mixed 119 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.37 112% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%
Seagate ST2000VN0001-1SF174 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 443GB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 119218744 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81906303 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 585 (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 69 60 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9374 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 7 119218744 (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 38074885080609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31770330353 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25872465103	77.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 127 Mixed 136 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.3 123% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 118%
Seagate ST2000VN0001-1SF174 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 78GB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 90367232 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5879 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30492195 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (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 66 61 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10578 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 6 90367232 (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 83378200118301 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17084169843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18404929406	92.3% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 121 Mixed 123 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 41GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202871232 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7571 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321037889 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2151 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 666 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8274 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 60129542178 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 139 90% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.14 53% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 116GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 85.8 127% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x4GB 925 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 25 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 98%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

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	138x
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
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	29x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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