Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 06:24
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 752 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 68.1 64% 75.4 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 73 Splatting 75.3 61% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$60 3,894 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8TM14.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 178 196 203 149 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 554 Write 462 Mixed 807 SusWrite 219 115% 510 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 23.1 140% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 193 273% 505 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 153%
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB 5,508 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 87GB free Firmware: M0DL003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 465 463 463 282 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 394 Mixed 385 SusWrite 393 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42.4 151% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 332 250% 334 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 169GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 452 451 451 413 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 461 Mixed 426 SusWrite 436 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 56.8 195% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 306 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 306 306 304 306 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 486 Mixed 373 SusWrite 321 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.3 219% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 480GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 101 101 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 65.2 Write 121 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 97.7 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.5 198% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 90%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 32GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 65 69 70 72 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 83.7 Write 130 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 68.2 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.4 263% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AR32C16S8K2SU416R 2x8GB 3,827 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.6 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 30.2 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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 $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 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16