Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.8% 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	247% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 06:40
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 807 75% 623 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 2834) 2GB CLim: 1319 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 52.7 35% 45.5 fps	MRender 51.4 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 37.8 37% 46.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 35%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.4 80% 101 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 100 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 611 604 581 551 505 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,977 Write 1,713 Mixed 715 SusWrite 618 279% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 65.4 252% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 1,201 DQ Mixed 978 794% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 51GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 384 420 324 190 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 417 Mixed 308 SusWrite 317 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 37.6 147% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 251 208% 298 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 101%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 17GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 143 143 142 139 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 147 Write 189 Mixed 176 SusWrite 141 37% 163 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 34.6 141% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 71.6 84% 144 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 109GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 82 78 63 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 81.7 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 31GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 108 110 93 98 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 113 Write 98 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 105 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 163% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 87%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 58GB free Firmware: GM3OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 53 60 58 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 9.3 Write 44.8 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 56 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 46%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 25GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 71 72 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 81 Write 81.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 70.3 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 104%

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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