Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	24.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181030
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 12:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 858 85% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,151 71% 1,151 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2271) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Lighting 29.5 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 39.2 24% 33.9 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 34.5 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 743GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 444 448 462 452 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 416 Mixed 383 SusWrite 445 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.2 196% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 297 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 182GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1695 880 540 542 541 540 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,626 Write 1,448 Mixed 744 SusWrite 790 257% 1,152 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 62.4 256% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 1,152 DQ Mixed 824 711% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 254%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 97 97 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 85.2 Write 84.9 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 97.2 56% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 4,679 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 27.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 32.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

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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 $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 $92Bench 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 $178	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) $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