Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 05:30
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 859 84% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,133 70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 99.1 Parallax 86.2 81% 94.9 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 88.6 72% 87.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 844GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 463 421 396 400 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 383 SusWrite 423 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.1 197% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 270 227% 329 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 178GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 452 456 457 411 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 467 Mixed 422 SusWrite 440 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.3 194% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 306 245% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 161 176 177 175 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 62.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 172 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 171 174 174 174 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 141 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 172 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 109 115 114 114 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 99.7 Write 91.5 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 113 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 75%
WD WD4500HLHX-01JJPV0 450GB 847 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 71GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 130 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 136 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 132 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 252% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 19.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 107%

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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