Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	94.3% 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	237% 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 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 06:28
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 98.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,067 104% 853 Pts	64-Core 1,332 82% 1,332 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% 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)	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 115 98% 119 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% 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% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 993 548 307 307 307 307 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,530 Write 1,467 Mixed 1,083 SusWrite 462 306% 1,385 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 91.4 326% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 69.8 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 98.2 89% 131 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 280%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 126GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 397 385 418 383 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 412 Mixed 322 SusWrite 390 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.3 157% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 40.2 74% 135 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 197GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 430 254 218 210 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 468 Mixed 338 SusWrite 279 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.8 176% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 48.9 55% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 59GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 372 373 373 373 373 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 374 Mixed 329 SusWrite 370 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 45 163% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 45.1 104% 214 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 199GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1270 359 307 308 309 309 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,531 Write 1,475 Mixed 1,065 SusWrite 477 306% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 88.3 315% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 64.5 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 91.7 86% 129 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 179 190 182 186 191 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	46.7% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 41.6 96% 41.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.7% 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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,871x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	209x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	751x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	184x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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