Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% 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	121% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190121
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 05:00
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (72^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 820 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2055 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 121 Parallax 111 89% 114 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 321 302 292 300 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 474 Mixed 400 SusWrite 326 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.8 209% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 185 186 184 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 92 Write 160 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 185 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 696GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 97.5 Mixed 77 SusWrite 104 70% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 76%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 322GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 99 98 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 150 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 99.5 68% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 316% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 592GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 119 Write 100 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 104 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 107%

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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 $854Bench 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