Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.3% 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	237% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 13:00
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$193 746,287 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)	105% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,025 102% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,334 83% 1,334 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 89% 109 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 98 Splatting 93.6 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 1,313 Mixed 1,202 334% 1,514 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 28 186% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 222 240% 404 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 63GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22679 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 295 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 2 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 40 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 182 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61772069267	89.9% Excellent	Read 511 Write 406 Mixed 424 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 25.4 142% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 25.2 30% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 133%
Corsair Voyager LS 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1a0b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15% Very poor	Read 74.3 Write 8.94 Mixed 11.7 27% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.08 38% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 119%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,896x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	760x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
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	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	187x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16