Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 12:15
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 274 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 872 83% 685 Pts	64-Core 1,152 71% 1,152 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.3 88% 106 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 487 Write 480 Mixed 381 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.1 196% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 131%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 16GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 479 Write 338 Mixed 302 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.7 161% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 128 154% 270 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 6GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 488 Mixed 386 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 39.3 146% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 193 188% 298 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 95%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 104 105 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 103 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 108 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 104 Write 98 Mixed 59 SusWrite 107 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 107%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,894x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	183x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	760x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	187x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16