Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (15%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '19 at 14:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 888 88% 715 Pts	64-Core 1142 71% 1142 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6444 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.6 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,855 Write 1,325 Mixed 818 294% 1,333 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 90.2 322% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,563 DQ Write 1,178 DQ Mixed 913 807% 1,218 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 70 70 80 118 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 84 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 70GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 142 150 153 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 32 SusWrite 149 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 79 78 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 94.5 Write 90 Mixed 59 SusWrite 77.2 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 21GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 62 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 61.7 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.7% 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	2,881x
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	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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