Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 18:31
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	18%

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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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 995 98% 803 Pts	64-Core 1,262 78% 1,262 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.9 86% 104 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 95.3 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 240GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP017PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1760 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1051 (A3) Unknown 100 100 77 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8956708220	97.1% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 461 Mixed 510 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 15.7 119% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 60.9 114% 226 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 561GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 134 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17610 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 127 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.22 110% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 808GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 89.5 128% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 26 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,871x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	209x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	751x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	184x
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: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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