Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 143% 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	143% 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	252% 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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 09:29
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 997 101% 816 Pts	64-Core 1,295 80% 1,295 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3008 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 212 Parallax 194 167% 203 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 203 Splatting 133 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% 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% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 653 654 653 655 651 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,110 Write 1,733 Mixed 800 SusWrite 692 296% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 65.1 252% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,109 DQ Write 1,087 DQ Mixed 817 691% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 592GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 474 477 477 480 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 464 SusWrite 476 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.4 199% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% 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: 320 272 271 265 256 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1137 Write 744 Mixed 809 SusWrite 274 165% 741 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 63.4 223% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 840 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 454 394% 592 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 141%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 198 200 200 197 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 200 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 200 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.6 223% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 144 143 144 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 143 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 31.1 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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	2,874x
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 $95Bench 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