Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	136% 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	251% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 00:43
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 265 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 943 94% 766 Pts	64-Core 1,190 74% 1,190 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3008 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 198 Parallax 182 159% 191 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 188 Splatting 126 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% 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% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 660 658 657 655 654 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 1,650 Mixed 689 SusWrite 690 288% 1,300 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 67.5 240% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,134 DQ Write 1,018 DQ Mixed 796 674% 983 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 503GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 483 485 487 486 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 464 SusWrite 480 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.4 201% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 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: 394 264 270 270 269 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1151 Write 767 Mixed 825 SusWrite 288 169% 758 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 63.5 219% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 840 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 740 558% 752 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 141%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 198 197 199 198 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 206 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 198 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.9 229% 2.2 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: 145 143 144 145 142 144 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 142 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 144 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$41 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 25.3 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 29.9 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,868x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	209x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	749x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
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	184x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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