Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	100% 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	102% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 21:37
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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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-$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 way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 48.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 74% 143 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 711 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 131 Parallax 110 108% 125 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 126 Splatting 90 85% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 294 180 183 178 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 442 Mixed 333 SusWrite 238 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 51.7 170% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 11GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 233 Write 93.2 Mixed 116 SusWrite 93 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 19.2 70% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 62 56% 86.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 45%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 232GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 77 85 80 85 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 111 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 83.1 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 105 107 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 65.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 106 49% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.8 334% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 94%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 671GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 148 149 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 161 Mixed 33 SusWrite 149 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.1 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 104%

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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	2,874x
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	752x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	294x

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 $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	127x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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