Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '22 at 00:35
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 700 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 143 Parallax 140 114% 141 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 140 Splatting 123 108% 133 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 634GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 905 503 360 326 346 390 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB 19,163 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 175 178 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 184 Write 174 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 176 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 1.1 78% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 1.3 2% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 109GB free Firmware: R1115D0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 731 1034 1011 1008 1022 1006 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,403 Write 112 Mixed 191 SusWrite 969 146% 668 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 15.1 101% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 147 136% 217 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 228%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 487GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 124 66 70 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 122 Write 128 Mixed 66 SusWrite 102 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 500GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 189 188 189 189 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 126 Write 86.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 184 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 26.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 107%

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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	2,874x
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	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	185x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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