Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.4% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 07:02
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$120 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 (95^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 697 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 25 Parallax 32.5 22% 28 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 26.2 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+489G 525GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 59% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 738GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 144 144 34387591541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7483 (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 24284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2741 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7670 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7670 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 201864511521 (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	74.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 123 Mixed 104 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 85%
Seagate ST2000VN0001-1SF174 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 421GB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 174050144 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 95258919 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 648 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10023 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 7 174050144 (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 73809012983547 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33486554928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31820764971	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 198 Mixed 139 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Seagate ST2000VN0001-1SF174 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 92GB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 57129592 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30840043 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 555221023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11821 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 6 57129592 (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 -43658342562665 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17086618091 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19125014278	89% Excellent	Read 192 Write 118 Mixed 120 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 118%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150901688 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321048363 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2215 (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 68 54 571932704 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8645 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 60129542176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 119 Write 159 Mixed 144 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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% Average	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 79.4 123% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45% 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 (76^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 25.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 98%

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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 $46

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