Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	203% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 06:06
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 749 71% 586 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.7 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 28.8 14% 29.6 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 38.2 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 320GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,184 Write 1,453 Mixed 1,603 387% 1,747 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 48.8 176% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 107 84% 111 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 283%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,003 Write 1,245 Mixed 1,194 327% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 27.5 149% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 49.9 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 23.2 33% 58.8 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB-$253 5,267 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 115%

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

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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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,868x
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	749x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
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 $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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) $34	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