Hackintosh - macOS Big Sur 10.0.1 - Z370 + 8700K + RX 580

Hardware

• CPU: Intel(R) CPU Core i7 8700K
• Mainboard: Gigabyte Z370 D3H
• RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 16GB 3000MHz DDR4 (8GBx4)
• SSD:
  • Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" SATA (ST2000DM008)
• Wireless: Broadcom BCM943602CS 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1
• VGA:
  • Intel HD Graphics 630 (Onboard)
  • SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 580 8G GDDR5
• Monitors:
  • LG 27 inches 4K (3840x2160/60Hz)
  • Dell 24 inches FullHD (1920x1080/60Hz)
• Power: Corsair RM 750X 80+
• Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2S (Bluetooth or Unifying receiver)
• Keyboard: Keychron K2 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

Installation

This step extracts the Installer contents, then installs Clover bootloader to the USB stick.

1. Insert the USB drive
2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
3. Highlight the USB drive in left column
4. Click on the Partition tab
5. Click Current and choose 1 Partition
6. Click Options...
7. Choose GUID Partition Table
8. Under Name: type USB (You can rename it later)
9. Under Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
10. Click Apply then Partition
11. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
12. Type the following, enter password and hit enter. This command completely erases the USB, then creates native installer media from the Install macOS Application.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app --nointeraction

13. Copy EFI (USB) using the USB's EFI partition as the target volume.​

BIOS

BIOS version: F10

What works

• Intel HD Graphics 630 (Support Intel Quick Sync Video)
• RX 580 AMD GPU
• Ethernet + Wireless + Bluetooth
• USB 2.0/3.0 Ports
• Sleep / Wake up
• Sounds
• Others (updating...)

Benchmarks

Normal (4.7GHz)

OS	CPU (Single-Core)	CPU (Multi-Cores)	OpenCL (KBL Graphics)	OpenCL (RX 580)
Big Sur (Geekbench 5)	throttling	throttling	5409	44622
Big Sur (Geekbench 4)	6250	30135	24261	140718
Catalina (Geekbench 5)	1198	6233	5450	43108
Catalina (Geekbench 4)	6231	30069	24481	141787

*Geekbench Browser here

Overclocking (5GHz)

Waiting... for upgrading radiator system :)

Credits

• Bootloaders + Kexts:
  • OpenCore
  • Acidanthera
• Forums
  • dortania
  • tonymacx86
  • r/hackintosh