Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	239% 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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 07:00
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 968 90% 750 Pts	64-Core 1,274 79% 1,274 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.1% 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: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 206 Parallax 203 151% 198 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 186 Splatting 131 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% 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% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 836 664 664 664 663 652 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,066 Write 1,652 Mixed 660 SusWrite 690 281% 1,267 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 59.8 221% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,088 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 901 715% 996 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 375GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 488 490 490 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 470 SusWrite 488 111% 491 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.1 208% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 185GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 234 239 240 239 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,159 Write 757 Mixed 834 SusWrite 261 167% 753 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 66.1 229% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 676 DQ Mixed 741 559% 752 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 141%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 199 204 200 199 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 200 Mixed 81 SusWrite 201 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.9 232% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 140 142 142 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 112 SusWrite 141 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 26.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 109%

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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 $127Bench 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: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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