Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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.
Boot Drive	235% 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	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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	22.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 12:09
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 251 78% 144 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 791 75% 619 Pts	64-Core 1,020 63% 1,020 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 170 Parallax 174 126% 166 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 168 Splatting 119 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1086 725 701 709 726 718 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,807 Write 1,628 Mixed 742 SusWrite 777 276% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 61.1 209% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,253 DQ Write 1,041 DQ Mixed 1,016 797% 1,103 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 302%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 111 109 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 110 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 98%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 296GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 97 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 92 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 96 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 58%
Multiple Card Reader 64GB 1,309 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 37GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 18.2 Write 17.8 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 18 24% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.5 225% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C19 4x8GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 120%

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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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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,898x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	213x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	761x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 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	171x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16