Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 19:08
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (49^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)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 225 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 812 77% 638 Pts	64-Core 1,086 67% 1,086 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.6% 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 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 186 Parallax 182 139% 180 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 173 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% 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% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,320 Write 1,444 Mixed 994 349% 1,586 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 83.2 282% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,014 DQ Mixed 1006 753% 998 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 51GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 161 165 138 128 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 372 Write 234 Mixed 278 SusWrite 155 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 36 148% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 229 171% 228 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 94%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 371GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 277 276 279 276 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 446 Mixed 206 SusWrite 284 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 42 153% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 228 197% 293 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 545GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 94 94 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 89.8 Mixed 38 SusWrite 93.8 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 57%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 426GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 38 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 32.5 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 36.9 44% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 121%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $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 $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