Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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	12.5 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 06:30
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 926 90% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 209 Parallax 212 155% 204 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 196 Splatting 131 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 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 2,485 Write 1,467 Mixed 932 357% 1,628 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 80.1 277% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 990 742% 985 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: 387 231 274 280 264 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 480 Mixed 425 SusWrite 278 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.9 188% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 227 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 486 486 490 490 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 470 Mixed 411 SusWrite 487 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62 207% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 416GB free Firmware: MJ6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 117 117 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 116 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 25.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.3% 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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,888x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	755x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,071

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16