Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	228% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 06:06
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 836 80% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,027 64% 1,027 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 96 88% 106 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 670 782 1064 891 857 522 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,705 Write 1,486 Mixed 621 SusWrite 798 257% 1,152 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.5 191% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,104 DQ Write 1,221 DQ Mixed 952 775% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 423GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 375 365 378 348 372 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 416 Mixed 320 SusWrite 363 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 44.9 157% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 272 222% 317 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%
Seagate ST8000VN0002-1Z8112 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 138GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 118 118 120 120 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 116%
Hitachi HUH721010ALE601 10TB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 1.5TB free Firmware: LHGLX355 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 159 159 156 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 147 Write 146 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 155 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 1.4 300% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 132%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 923GB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 137 151 144 144 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 142 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 143 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.5 208% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 133%
HitachiG ST 4TB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3.5TB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 129 134% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 51%
Drobo 5C 17.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 35 38 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 26.9 Write 28.5 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 36.9 43% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 81%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 190 188 193 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 176 Write 183 Mixed 120 SusWrite 191 228% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 95%
Drobo 5C 17.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16.5TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 57 81 71 77 82 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 195 Write 62.6 Mixed 132 SusWrite 73.2 140% 116 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 3 319% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 81%
Drobo 5C 17.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7.5TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 57 81 71 77 82 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 195 Write 99.6 Mixed 123 SusWrite 73.1 151% 123 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 3.1 330% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2C3000C16 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2C3000C16 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 16.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns

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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	2,879x
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	358x
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	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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