Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	116% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 06:40
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 812 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 135 91% 122 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 153 Splatting 103 98% 122 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 221 239 230 239 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 472 Mixed 379 SusWrite 256 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.2 207% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC-WRSN 1TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 930GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 397 472 309 300 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 477 Mixed 341 SusWrite 373 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 45.5 164% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 250 214% 316 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 63GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 203 196 202 199 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 448 Mixed 330 SusWrite 208 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 41.5 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 250 212% 311 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 93.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 89.2 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$169 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 89%

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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 $184	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