Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 817 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,105 68% 1,105 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 117 Parallax 95.1 81% 104 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 103 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3254 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (64) Unknown 100 100 1860288 (65) Unknown 100 100 370720 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 553 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1396 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 167504904221 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3346 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1923 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2706 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6186 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	50.9% Above average	Read 458 Write 248 Mixed 164 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 5.6 58% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 39.7 DQ Mixed 22 19% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 636GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133594920 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9390626 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67568 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97126390429144 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7346671766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25872914837	78.3% Very good	Read 149 Write 124 Mixed 145 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1732 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2795 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.9% Average	Read 72.4 Write 76.9 Mixed 65.2 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.2% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 9.8 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.5 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 47%

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

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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	2,874x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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