Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90% 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	325% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '18 at 07:48
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 825 75% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 93% 114 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1653 1712 1709 1726 1719 1710 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,204 Write 1,822 Mixed 845 SusWrite 1705 368% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 69.9 248% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,307 DQ Write 1,227 DQ Mixed 1,121 881% 1,218 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 353%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 110GB free Firmware: CS900210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 221 218 217 219 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 439 Write 372 Mixed 318 SusWrite 227 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 26.3 138% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 148 146% 228 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 89 85 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 86.6 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 67%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 405GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 116 117 119 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 134 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 118 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 19.5 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 122%

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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	294x

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	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	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 $182	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) $30	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