Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	217% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 19:36
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 836 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,099 68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 114% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 627 617 625 622 629 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,850 Write 1,661 Mixed 758 SusWrite 666 275% 1,234 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53.2 199% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 798 DQ Mixed 775 620% 874 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 254%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 183 180 185 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 172 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 182 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 189% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 111%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 61GB free, PID 10a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 78 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 85.7 Write 85.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 78.1 102% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 41%
Patriot Memory 8GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 6GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 60.5 Write 25.7 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 24.9 36% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 40% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x8GB 333 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 122%

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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 $90Bench 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 $45	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