Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 04:26
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 903 97% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,311 81% 1,311 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2857 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.1% Very good	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 204 Parallax 201 47% 154 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 192 Splatting 135 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,424 Write 1,387 Mixed 942 347% 1,584 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 79.2 274% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 961 DQ Write 1,108 DQ Mixed 987 757% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 80GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 279 276 268 259 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 474 Mixed 432 SusWrite 287 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 54.7 188% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 234 210% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 477 487 493 492 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 474 Mixed 420 SusWrite 485 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.6 203% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 416GB free Firmware: MJ6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 117 117 117 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 117 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.6% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 104%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,873x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	293x

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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	184x
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 $275	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) $35	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