Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 178% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 152% UFO


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	217% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 11:31
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 560 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7642 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 9.3 6% 9.23 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 12.5 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,280 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3987); EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING, 24G-P5-3987-KR CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	217% Outstanding	Lighting 327 Reflection 287 Parallax 322 266% 312 fps	MRender 349 Gravity 259 Splatting 186 208% 265 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,869 Write 1,284 Mixed 499 267% 1,217 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 44.5 190% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 960 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 729 565% 780 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 11GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 73 72 71 76 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 171 Write 113 Mixed 138 SusWrite 74.4 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32.1 135% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 77.3 72% 112 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 48GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 445 422 357 302 246 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 446 Mixed 382 SusWrite 376 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 62.1 203% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 103GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 788 158 123 110 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 1,334 Mixed 1,047 SusWrite 232 216% 963 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 68.7 237% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 639 DQ Write 765 DQ Mixed 272 324% 559 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 255%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2374 2393 2385 1833 1525 1548 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,367 Write 2,230 Mixed 1,760 SusWrite 2,010 470% 2,092 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.4 228% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 916 681% 906 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 435%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 59 35 43 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 86.2 Write 70.7 Mixed 51 SusWrite 44.3 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 52GB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 134 133 135 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 149 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 134 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 6,151 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 30.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 143%

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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	2,874x
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	752x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	293x

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	168x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	185x
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	127x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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