Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	39.9% 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	127% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 21:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 97.5 1-Core 160 2-Core 316 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 1,013 100% 818 Pts	64-Core 1,301 80% 1,301 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1765 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 43.2 43% 48.6 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 44.9 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 465 490 492 492 464 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 449 Mixed 388 SusWrite 469 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.7 203% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 145GB free Firmware: CS221016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 276 432 432 430 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 423 Mixed 334 SusWrite 388 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35.9 149% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 176 178% 287 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 432GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 143 143 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 84.5 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 142 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 24.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 29.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%

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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 $910Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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