Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	273% 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 (13%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 22:01
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 810 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,110 69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 170 Parallax 168 147% 173 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 149 Splatting 109 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 1069 1077 1074 841 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2156 Write 1,043 Mixed 1,011 SusWrite 878 282% 1,272 MB/s	4K Read 66 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 88 298% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 633 552% 813 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 241%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 277 276 274 258 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 458 Mixed 424 SusWrite 262 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.5 206% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 233 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 31GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 481 477 182 82 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 458 Mixed 412 SusWrite 294 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67.3 228% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 419GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2112 720 621 623 622 621 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,301 Write 2,102 Mixed 1,549 SusWrite 886 382% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 88.5 276% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,412 DQ Write 1,136 DQ Mixed 1,231 933% 1,260 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 4,471 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 128%

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Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 4,023 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,922x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	217x
Core i7-8086KIntel $443Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	769x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	362x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	295x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	172x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	189x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	130x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,082

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16