Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 112%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	112% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 14:54
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 169 2-Core 337 109% 201 Pts	4-Core 671 8-Core 1,127 109% 899 Pts	64-Core 1,365 84% 1,365 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Device(7377 0000) ≥ 4GB; iGame GTX1080Ti Vulcan AD CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 196 Parallax 191 144% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 131 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 454 456 460 461 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 495 Mixed 366 SusWrite 449 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.1 160% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 182 184% 296 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 80GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 403 403 409 406 369 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 214 Mixed 308 SusWrite 398 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42.5 167% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 66.4 122% 242 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 935 930 930 929 931 928 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,056 Write 934 Mixed 756 SusWrite 931 258% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 60.2 238% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,103 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 399 378% 613 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 243%
Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 309GB free Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 473 473 475 469 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 987 Mixed 964 SusWrite 482 212% 950 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 71 243% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 605 489% 707 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 190%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 165 164 167 170 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 146 Mixed 106 SusWrite 167 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 142 143 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 165 Write 122 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 142 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 47.9 MC Mixed 32.4 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 53.1 SC Mixed 34.9 105% 36.6 GB/s	Latency 44.8 89% 44.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 117%

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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	2,882x
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	754x
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 $90Bench 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