Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191128
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '21 at 12:41
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 819 79% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,019 63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FF3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 156 Parallax 161 94% 144 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 144 Splatting 120 116% 146 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,212 Write 623 Mixed 462 168% 766 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 43 163% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 105 134% 241 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 159%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 135GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 477 477 480 483 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 475 Mixed 414 SusWrite 478 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.9 210% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 4x8GB 272 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 131%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 3,970 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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,886x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	755x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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 $67Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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