Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	176% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 15:49
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 823 77% 642 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 117% 142 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 610 617 574 572 606 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 2,009 Write 1,169 Mixed 692 SusWrite 633 249% 1,126 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 11.7 97% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,234 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 247 286% 527 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 881GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 416 438 402 414 451 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 437 Mixed 409 SusWrite 421 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 47.1 147% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 203 160% 229 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 8TB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: A4GNW91X SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 158 150 155 159 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 155 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 176% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 112 117 109 109 109 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 118 Write 85.7 Mixed 71 SusWrite 108 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 91%
WD WD121KFBX-68EF5N0 12TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 10.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 223 243 223 214 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 234 Write 239 Mixed 106 SusWrite 227 147% 202 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1.1 329% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 26.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 99%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,899x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	214x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	762x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 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	172x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	187x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16