Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	269% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 18:27
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 739 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 200 Parallax 176 150% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 177 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 648 651 651 646 650 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2242 Write 2,253 Mixed 1524 SusWrite 692 375% 1,678 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 78.9 276% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,262 DQ Write 1,066 DQ Mixed 1141 861% 1,156 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 775GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 477 485 482 474 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 483 Mixed 432 SusWrite 471 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.6 200% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 349 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 108 112 113 116 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 44 Write 4.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 109 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 173% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 53GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 71 70 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 71.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 71.1 87% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 32GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	29% Poor	Read 66.3 Write 70.3 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 68.8 83% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 19.3 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 22.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 109%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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