Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 17:19
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 42.4 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 201 60% 114 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 649 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.5% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 76.2 63% 81.5 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 89.9 71% 86.4 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,891 Write 941 Mixed 493 241% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 49.1 199% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 921 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 714 551% 759 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 33GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 169 174 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 172 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 172 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 33GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 128 125 122 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 125 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 5.8 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 191 21% 191 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 55%

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

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,881x
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	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	295x

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	169x
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	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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