Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 129% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	150% 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	203% 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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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 03:46
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 828 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,076 67% 1,076 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 215 Parallax 231 166% 217 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 210 Splatting 137 156% 198 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 544 532 520 505 494 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 780 Mixed 688 SusWrite 532 218% 993 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 52.8 202% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 370 349% 567 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 157GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 444 464 473 479 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 408 SusWrite 464 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 56.2 186% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 198 183 192 160 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 319 Write 281 Mixed 284 SusWrite 183 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 39.4 144% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 141 124% 182 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 75%
Intel Optane+1.8TBHDD 582 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 187GB free Firmware: 16.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 259 271 266 83 214 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 906GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 56 59 58 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 15.7 Write 57.5 Mixed 8.3 SusWrite 59.3 25% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 25.8 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 29.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 107%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $910Bench 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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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