Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	369% 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 19:39
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 769 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 1,029 64% 1,029 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C75C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 113 Parallax 128 100% 122 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$168 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2232 2270 2297 2337 2339 2329 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	369% Outstanding	Read 2,162 Write 2,358 Mixed 2,205 SusWrite 2,301 510% 2,256 MB/s	4K Read 69.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 91.6 305% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,138 DQ Write 966 DQ Mixed 1056 790% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 369% Great: 526%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 36GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 211 218 118 83 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 498 Write 448 Mixed 205 SusWrite 189 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 33.5 120% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 143 143% 231 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 92%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 238GB free Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 461 455 463 465 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 453 Mixed 338 SusWrite 461 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 45 165% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 198 173% 256 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 69GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 88 86 79 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 83 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 89.7 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%

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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	2,881x
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	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	158x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 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	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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