Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	141% 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	261% 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '18 at 07:59
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 993 96% 793 Pts	64-Core 1,286 80% 1,286 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3008 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 208 Parallax 192 164% 200 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 199 Splatting 136 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% 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: 894 657 661 657 656 654 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,179 Write 1,720 Mixed 882 SusWrite 697 304% 1,369 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 65.3 263% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,085 DQ Write 1,214 DQ Mixed 862 728% 1,054 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 592GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 489 490 490 490 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 491 Mixed 466 SusWrite 489 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.3 208% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% 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: 397 267 263 267 265 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,169 Write 753 Mixed 820 SusWrite 289 168% 757 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 67.1 237% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 726 552% 747 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 141%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 196 200 199 197 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 200 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 199 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.8 245% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 146 145 143 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 134 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 145 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.1% 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 (78^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 25.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 31.1 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.8% 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	2,882x
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	754x
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