Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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	123% 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	248% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 18:46
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 956 94% 770 Pts	64-Core 1,257 78% 1,257 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 202 Parallax 191 137% 187 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 167 Splatting 125 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 623 626 626 623 623 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 1,701 Mixed 736 SusWrite 665 282% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 63.9 262% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 1,100 DQ Mixed 864 713% 1018 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 254%
Sandisk SD8SB8U-512G-1006 512GB 574 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 161GB free Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 281 278 262 269 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 481 Write 323 Mixed 245 SusWrite 279 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 29.3 112% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 204 181% 274 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 102%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2TB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 466 468 470 469 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 468 Mixed 414 SusWrite 468 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.1 182% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 297 242% 343 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 80.5 Write 67.7 Mixed 58 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 754GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 168 167 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 174 Mixed 104 SusWrite 166 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 31.2 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 31.1 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%

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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	2,874x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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