Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 16:58
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 903 89% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,145 71% 1,145 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 125 Parallax 127 94% 122 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 92% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 347 Mixed 321 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 41 149% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 114 133% 229 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 166GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 145 98 116 92 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 492 Write 413 Mixed 172 SusWrite 145 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 40.1 154% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 156 140% 216 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 288GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 482 488 491 491 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 488 Mixed 403 SusWrite 487 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.9 221% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 603GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1514 1508 1512 1510 1049 535 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 1,489 Mixed 1,120 SusWrite 1,271 304% 1,351 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 81.4 287% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 965 DQ Mixed 272 360% 639 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 295%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 358GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 104 105 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 105 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 23.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 28.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 120%

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Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,985 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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,897x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	212x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	760x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 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	171x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	187x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16