Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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.

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Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 05:34
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 1,001 96% 791 Pts	64-Core 1,234 76% 1,234 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 114 97% 118 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1308 319 303 303 303 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2294 Write 1,409 Mixed 1,018 SusWrite 473 287% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 78.3 268% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 65.2 DQ Write 1,002 DQ Mixed 87.4 201% 385 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 280%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 129GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 409 377 413 377 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 383 Write 408 Mixed 304 SusWrite 396 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.1 141% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 128 150% 258 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 197GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 429 233 220 211 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 453 Mixed 319 SusWrite 282 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 41.1 153% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 175 159% 239 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 59GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 357 357 358 366 364 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 359 Mixed 312 SusWrite 361 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 41 145% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 166 152% 229 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 103%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 190GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 841 295 298 300 301 299 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,444 Write 1,387 Mixed 1,030 SusWrite 389 289% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 80.7 284% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 1,084 DQ Mixed 554 486% 704 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 180 185 185 189 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 120%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

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	294x

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	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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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