Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 152% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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	142% 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	256% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 97.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 939 97% 783 Pts	64-Core 1,278 79% 1,278 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% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3003 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 210 Parallax 210 166% 208 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 199 Splatting 132 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1382 1154 605 606 607 606 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,093 Write 1,678 Mixed 657 SusWrite 826 292% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 63.3 240% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 1,090 DQ Mixed 941 746% 1,035 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 399GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 480 481 487 487 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 488 Mixed 468 SusWrite 477 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.7 204% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 185GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 230 234 233 231 236 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,143 Write 742 Mixed 825 SusWrite 256 165% 742 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 63.5 224% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 739 558% 750 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 141%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 200 201 200 202 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 194 Mixed 74 SusWrite 201 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.5 222% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 139 140 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 106 SusWrite 139 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 26.3 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%

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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	2,881x
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 $124	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