Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	114% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 830 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 111% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 1,762 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 704 281 211 211 205 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 900 Write 207 Mixed 302 SusWrite 321 95% 432 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 40.7 148% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 124 135% 230 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 185%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 167 169 87 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 470 Mixed 429 SusWrite 165 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.1 162% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 132 126% 190 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 118%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 954GB free Firmware: Q0927A SusWrite @10s intervals: 530 538 560 566 564 564 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 102%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 500GB 634 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 294GB free Firmware: 6408 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 39.3 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 41.5 27% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GB 1,118 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 117%

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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 $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