Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	120% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 08:27
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 250 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 742 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 951 59% 951 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 183 Parallax 158 120% 162 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 160 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 580GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 439 408 446 452 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 480 Mixed 433 SusWrite 439 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 54.7 182% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 72GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 232 180 176 163 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 410 Write 240 Mixed 316 SusWrite 189 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 37.6 127% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 137 114% 162 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 105%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 2GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 46.2 Write 47.3 Mixed 34.2 54% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 43%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 102 102 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 101 121% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 110%

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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 $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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