Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	128% 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 (15%). 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 02:35
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 771 83% 660 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31% Below average	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 34.9 30% 37.3 fps	MRender 46.2 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 38.6 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 440 445 466 451 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 475 Mixed 384 SusWrite 446 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 60.3 209% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 64GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 170 160 122 67 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 392 Mixed 232 SusWrite 144 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.3 162% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 223 199% 302 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 476GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 71 71 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 74.2 Write 45.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 69.4 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 42%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 94 88 95 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 115 Write 88.5 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 90.7 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 969GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 110 114 117 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 130 Mixed 85 SusWrite 113 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 19 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 88%

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

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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 $113Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

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