Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 99%, 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	50.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 02:20
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$188 746,287 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 (95^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 860 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,125 70% 1,125 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99% 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 (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 218 Parallax 218 170% 215 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 209 Splatting 138 157% 201 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% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 307 121 65 88 101 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.6% Above average	Read 238 Write 85.2 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 139 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 29 82% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 93.5 83% 125 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 100%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 156GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 458 461 472 472 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 459 Mixed 448 SusWrite 455 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.8 198% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 297 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 246GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 459 463 473 438 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 453 Mixed 451 SusWrite 448 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.2 192% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 294 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 264GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 131 131 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 142 Mixed 104 SusWrite 131 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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 (78^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 24.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 29.1 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,950 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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,871x
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	751x
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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Value: 80% - Excellent

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) $39	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