Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	118% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 04:11
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 787 72% 601 Pts	64-Core 1,109 69% 1,109 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 183 Parallax 195 141% 184 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 189 Splatting 131 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 111GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 431 480 479 479 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 491 Mixed 399 SusWrite 467 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 65.3 232% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 135%
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 153 119 112 106 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 488 Mixed 407 SusWrite 164 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.3 231% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 349 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 126%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 930GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2109 2107 1216 1180 1185 1181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 2,114 Write 2,023 Mixed 1,475 SusWrite 1,496 399% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 73.9 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 109 380% 142 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 1,302 DQ Mixed 1,310 970% 1,273 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 135GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 152 153 151 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 110 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 152 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 125GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 153 150 147 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 152 Mixed 105 SusWrite 149 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 302GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 185 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 191 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 185 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 170GB free Firmware: 81.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 115 113 113 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 106 Write 112 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 114 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.7 233% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 113%
Multi-Reader -1 64GB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 17GB free, PID 6368 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 49.3 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 49.8 62% 46 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 4.7 307% 5.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSC.16FBD 2x16GB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 96%

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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	2,881x
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	753x
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