Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	393% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 02:58
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 242 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 819 79% 650 Pts	64-Core 1,040 64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 102%

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: 416.16 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 195 Parallax 175 132% 177 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1976 2142 2149 2149 2127 2124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	393% Outstanding	Read 2,725 Write 2,194 Mixed 1,534 SusWrite 2,111 480% 2,141 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 86 307% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,455 DQ Write 1279 DQ Mixed 1,324 1,004% 1,353 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 393% Great: 393%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 169GB free Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 138 78 136 61 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 451 Write 346 Mixed 241 SusWrite 114 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 10.7 64% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 21.8 34% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 56%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 17GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 465 Mixed 452 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.2 204% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 80GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 481 479 480 484 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 479 Mixed 370 SusWrite 478 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.1 178% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 604GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 86 88 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 183 Write 149 Mixed 85 SusWrite 88.8 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 25.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 27.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $295	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 $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