Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.3% 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	257% 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 Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 00:18
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 233 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 788 72% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 55.8 34% 48.3 fps	MRender 47.8 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 35.2 32% 40.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1581 1007 594 587 596 554 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 1,709 Mixed 1,208 SusWrite 820 319% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 79.4 253% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 1,035 DQ Mixed 1,071 810% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 340%
Nvme INTEL MEMPEK1W03 29GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 261% 27GB free Firmware: K3110310 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 259 271 275 275 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,178 Write 198 Mixed 396 SusWrite 266 111% 510 MB/s	4K Read 138 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 111 404% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1170 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 434 393% 625 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 321%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 605GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 122 130 129 129 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 126 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 73GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 55 55 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 88.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 53.3 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 60%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 799GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 124 124 124 114 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 121 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 85%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 4GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID c96a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Read 22 Write 5.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 5.5 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 31% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 61%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,881x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	210x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	295x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	158x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	186x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $40	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