Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	405% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 21:51
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 846 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 1138 70% 1138 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2189 2184 2201 2193 1999 1812 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	405% Outstanding	Read 2,857 Write 2,129 Mixed 1335 SusWrite 2,096 470% 2,104 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 91.2 329% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,457 DQ Write 1,290 DQ Mixed 1,341 1,014% 1,363 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 405% Great: 393%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 359GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 910 902 904 903 901 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 952 Write 909 Mixed 698 SusWrite 907 195% 867 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 66.2 220% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 710 535% 717 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 445%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 412GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 125 131 131 128 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 185 Write 193 Mixed 30 SusWrite 128 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 579GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 137 130 136 151 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 107 Mixed 63 SusWrite 141 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 19.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 112%

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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	2,881x
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 $95Bench 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