Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	183% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 13:01
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 158 2-Core 307 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 973 96% 786 Pts	64-Core 1,271 79% 1,271 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 158 Parallax 137 130% 152 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 112GB free Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 999 Mixed 1,268 312% 1,417 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 53 191% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 167 251% 469 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 185%
Patriot Torch LE 120GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 108GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9053 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1216 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 68 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376311 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 79 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3368	100% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 488 Mixed 501 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.6 123% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 64.4 122% 241 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 98%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 858 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 368 (AE) Unknown 99 99 124 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 463 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 30 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 47168 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12622 (F2) Unknown 99 99 12679	183% Outstanding	Read 1,774 Write 676 Mixed 943 248% 1,131 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 43.4 193% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 26.4 89% 196 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 188%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 223GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 97 (03) Spinup time 118 100 17192386758 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 27353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 27008 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 1209024 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 237240356 (C0) Power-off retract count 78 78 27376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 27376 (C2) HDA temperature 166 117 219044053028 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7	71.2% Very good	Read 117 Write 131 Mixed 117 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.36 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 60GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 93 (03) Spinup time 120 100 17192190147 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2451 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1803 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 237043744 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3645 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3645 (C2) HDA temperature 187 122 210454118432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 98.3 Mixed 99.4 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 23.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 102%

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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	2,897x
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	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