Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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 (12%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '19 at 21:10
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 997 100% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,294 80% 1,294 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 96% 113 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 309 307 309 307 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,026 SusWrite 351 294% 1,333 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 87.2 312% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 65.8 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 93.5 86% 127 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 280%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 106GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1156 442 300 300 300 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,482 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,105 SusWrite 466 305% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 88.5 312% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 65.9 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 608 332% 300 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 280%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 101GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 414 386 421 383 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 414 Mixed 308 SusWrite 397 86% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 39.3 156% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 205 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 100GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 237 210 198 201 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 358 Mixed 260 SusWrite 215 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39 157% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 94.2 114% 196 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 119GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 373 367 372 373 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 374 Mixed 346 SusWrite 368 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 43.8 162% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 45.9 44% 66 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 174 185 183 179 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 114 Write 144 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 181 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

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 @ 4133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.3% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 120%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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