Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '19 at 06:57
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$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 as expected (41^st percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 752 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 155 Parallax 134 121% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 171 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 362GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 61 66 61 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 79.6 Write 71.4 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 63.6 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 67%
Hitachi HTS543216L9SA02 160GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 148GB free Firmware: FB2AC50F SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 63 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 62.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 62 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 35%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 64GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 5GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Read 23.6 Write 11.7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 16.7 17% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 9%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101M 1TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 224GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 76 76 76 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 79.6 Write 56.8 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 75.7 85% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 104%

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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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,929x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	218x
Core i7-8086KIntel $449Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	188x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	769x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	362x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	296x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	172x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	161x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	189x
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	130x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,159

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369