Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.09% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CRI-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 i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 856 87% 705 Pts	64-Core 1098 68% 1098 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.09% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.78 7% 9.68 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 16.9 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.09% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW360H6 360GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF042C SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 179 115 90 90 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 427 Mixed 275 SusWrite 146 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.4 163% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 225 187% 269 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 119GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 127 61 53 61 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 297 Mixed 384 SusWrite 112 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 55.9 218% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 174 145% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Intel 905P Optane NVMe PCIe 960GB-$1,222 566 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 20GB free Firmware: E2010420 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,046 Write 1,748 Mixed 1,890 423% 1,895 MB/s	4K Read 240 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 226 768% 227 MB/s	DQ Read 1,482 DQ Write 1,329 DQ Mixed 1,372 1,038% 1,395 MB/s
Poor: 273% Great: 551%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 926GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 189 186 188 190 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 150 Mixed 86 SusWrite 188 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 104%

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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	2,894x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	183x

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	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16