Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	334% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 08:29
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 633 8-Core 994 100% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,323 82% 1,323 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Sapphire(174B 1470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 177 147% 185 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 177 Splatting 128 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 802GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2021 2307 1157 1154 1149 1148 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,546 Write 2,399 Mixed 1,389 SusWrite 1,489 438% 1,956 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 88.9 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,215 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 1,052 794% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 466GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2021 1091 608 606 607 607 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,794 Write 2,447 Mixed 1,449 SusWrite 923 424% 1,903 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 84.5 286% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,306 DQ Write 1,006 DQ Mixed 1,085 831% 1,132 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 280%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 931GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 394 392 394 395 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 400 Mixed 366 SusWrite 393 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 50.5 173% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 350 259% 341 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 178 135 183 201 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 129 Mixed 73 SusWrite 182 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 201% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 31 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%

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Gaming 112%

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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	2,874x
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	752x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	293x

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	168x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	185x
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	127x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

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