Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	274% 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.

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	Aug 26 '19 at 18:55
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 251 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 889 85% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,119 69% 1,119 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 78.5 67% 83 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 70.8 62% 76.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1209 835 850 851 849 844 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1936 Write 2,061 Mixed 1611 SusWrite 906 366% 1,629 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 76.7 275% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,402 DQ Write 1,147 DQ Mixed 1,255 945% 1,268 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 284%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 81GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 487 486 484 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 493 Mixed 467 SusWrite 484 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 62.7 219% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 191GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 251 188 188 169 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 487 Mixed 410 SusWrite 242 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 65.3 227% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 954GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1523 1554 1514 1541 1564 1571 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,476 Write 1,596 Mixed 1,101 SusWrite 1,545 322% 1,429 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 81.2 286% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 900 DQ Mixed 271 344% 602 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 255%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 962GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 115 114 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 85 Write 85 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 114 69% 93 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 14,300 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 26.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 31.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%

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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	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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	185x
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