Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	296% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 01:40
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 155 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 879 92% 735 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2133 716 625 621 626 628 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 1513 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,468 SusWrite 892 347% 1,538 MB/s	4K Read 69.2 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 97.1 338% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,857 DQ Write 1,577 DQ Mixed 1,552 1,208% 1,662 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 340%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 68GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,434 Write 1,202 Mixed 585 237% 1,074 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 62.9 248% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 1,268 DQ Mixed 728 673% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 13GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 139 140 128 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 819 Write 143 Mixed 236 SusWrite 138 72% 334 MB/s	4K Read 258 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 144 629% 168 MB/s	DQ Read 875 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 247 249% 423 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 245%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 650GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 114 113 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 112 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 105 106 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.2 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 105 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26.9 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 105%

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Gaming 112%

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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 $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 $127Bench 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: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $1,062

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