Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 20:21
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 926 91% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,194 74% 1,194 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 112% 139 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,969 Write 1,377 Mixed 529 283% 1,292 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 48.1 214% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1067 DQ Write 1,016 DQ Mixed 832 682% 972 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 139GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 57 58 57 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 59.2 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 56.8 42% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 57%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 267GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 180 180 177 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 179 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 96%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 418GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 73 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 49 Write 73.5 Mixed 58 SusWrite 75.4 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.5 147% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 63%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 360GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 81 82 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 54 Write 95 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 79.5 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 150% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3866 C18 2x8GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3866 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 29.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 118%

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Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,955 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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	294x

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	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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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