Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.2% 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	293% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 02:00
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 315 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1,005 101% 820 Pts	64-Core 1,302 81% 1,302 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.6 86% 103 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 95 Splatting 96.6 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 683 581 592 588 594 597 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 2,342 Mixed 1,575 SusWrite 606 393% 1,764 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 90.5 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,568 DQ Write 1,133 DQ Mixed 1,290 980% 1,331 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 464GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 490 490 492 491 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 491 Mixed 406 SusWrite 491 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.4 221% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 289GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1787 912 605 607 605 605 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,925 Write 1,758 Mixed 777 SusWrite 853 296% 1,328 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 66 250% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 1,303 DQ Mixed 1,062 839% 1,156 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 692GB free Firmware: AX0A3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 53 56 56 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 52.2 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 54.6 34% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 26.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

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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	2,880x
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	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	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 $179	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