Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	152% 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	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 20:56
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 (68^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 824 78% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,019 63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 226 Parallax 232 171% 223 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 202 Splatting 130 153% 195 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 47 116 77 94 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 161 Write 85.2 Mixed 324 SusWrite 83.4 37% 163 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 16.2 92% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 25.4 DQ Mixed 19.8 26% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 100%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 156GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 442 455 462 429 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 469 Mixed 443 SusWrite 442 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.9 195% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 293 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 247GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 444 455 437 395 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 455 Mixed 433 SusWrite 432 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.6 195% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 293 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 249GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 125 124 125 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 132 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 122 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 24.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 27.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 101%

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Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,955 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,874x
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 $79Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,098

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