Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	270% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 02:54
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 137 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 813 77% 639 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 148 Parallax 137 116% 143 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 138 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 874GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 1258 1278 1240 1171 1171 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1394 Write 1,209 Mixed 1,162 SusWrite 1,170 278% 1,234 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 84.5 281% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,450 DQ Write 1,047 DQ Mixed 1,192 906% 1,230 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 372%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 366GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 205 208 208 204 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 149 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 207 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 418GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 131 130 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 143 Write 104 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 130 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 79.7 Write 7.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 7.2 23% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 34% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GVRB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVRB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 108%

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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 $76Bench 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