Gigabyte Z370 HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	307% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 745 79% 630 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 77.7 63% 78.5 fps	MRender 77.4 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 64 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2070 739 608 609 613 612 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 2,266 Mixed 1408 SusWrite 875 388% 1,739 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 85.3 286% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,698 DQ Write 1,389 DQ Mixed 1,477 1,124% 1,521 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 340%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 442 447 447 442 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 452 Mixed 296 SusWrite 446 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.6 162% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 192 188% 298 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 436GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 115 117 116 118 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 110 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 111 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.4 176% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.6 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 2.3 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 3.4 6% 5.88 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.7% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3 - $200

CPU
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	709x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	698x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	545x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	243x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	213x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	101x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	50x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

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