Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	290% 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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 03:19
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 831 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 110% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 643 649 648 646 648 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2475 Write 2,249 Mixed 1471 SusWrite 682 384% 1,719 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 86.9 294% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,426 DQ Write 1,216 DQ Mixed 1,285 973% 1,309 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 483 485 480 482 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 487 Mixed 459 SusWrite 482 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.2 214% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 351 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 152 154 154 154 152 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 101 Write 145 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 151 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 90%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 869GB free Firmware: LC15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 76.3 Write 79.5 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 109 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 66%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 528GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 105 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 74.3 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 106 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 59%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 404GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 76 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 82 Write 73.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 76.5 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 94%

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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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,871x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	209x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	293x

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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	184x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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