Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	186% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). 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	24.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 00:16
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$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 (5^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 210 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 562 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 88% 108 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 901 882 719 555 523 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,376 Write 1,294 Mixed 587 SusWrite 736 223% 998 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 41.5 136% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,037 DQ Write 925 DQ Mixed 890 692% 951 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 423GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 324 312 318 329 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 418 Write 383 Mixed 296 SusWrite 321 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 33.7 117% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 274 226% 324 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 119%
Seagate ST8000VN0002-1Z8112 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 161GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 22 22 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 23 Mixed 20 SusWrite 21.1 18% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 27% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 116%
Hitachi HUH721010ALE601 10TB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 1.5TB free Firmware: LHGLX355 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 159 156 156 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 69 SusWrite 155 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 1.3 298% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 132%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 923GB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 118 131 126 117 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 3.2 Write 100 Mixed 3 SusWrite 122 41% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0 35% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 133%
HitachiG ST 4TB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3.5TB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 128 135% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 51%
Drobo 5C 17.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 33 31 34 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 33.5 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 32 42% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 81%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 190 191 188 193 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 200 Write 201 Mixed 125 SusWrite 191 241% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 95%
Drobo 5C 17.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16.5TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 72 85 73 87 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 155 Write 81 Mixed 104 SusWrite 79 132% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 2.8 314% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 81%
Drobo 5C 17.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7.5TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 71 86 73 87 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 158 Write 103 Mixed 110 SusWrite 79 144% 113 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 2.7 312% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2C3000C16 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2C3000C16 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.6% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 16.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns

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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	2,881x
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