Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 01:51
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 709 77% 610 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 467 Write 394 Mixed 390 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.7 187% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Rtnmb256 VBM8EWXL 256GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 106GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 67 109 103 88 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 356 Write 238 Mixed 193 SusWrite 116 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 19.8 66% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 113 92% 130 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free Firmware: 0001TSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 64 70 70 73 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 65.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 67.1 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 7,485 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 86%

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

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Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,980 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,894x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
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 $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	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16