Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	237% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 08:01
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 802 76% 630 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 102% 128 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 271 273 275 267 276 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,278 Write 1,368 Mixed 1,002 SusWrite 328 274% 1,244 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 77.4 267% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 997 744% 983 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 280%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 38GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 151 53 53 53 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 489 Write 329 Mixed 395 SusWrite 84 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 44.7 156% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 246 206% 297 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 134 131 133 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 128 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 132 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 85 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 83.3 Write 79 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 85.5 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 55%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 35.3 Write 38 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 38.5 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 893GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 37 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 35 Write 36 Mixed 29 SusWrite 36.1 46% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 104%

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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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,870x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	209x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	750x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	293x

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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	184x
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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Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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