Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	268% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 01:17
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 137 2-Core 279 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 865 84% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,142 71% 1,142 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 110% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 881GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,210 Write 1,878 Mixed 1,770 435% 1,953 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 36.8 182% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 51.6 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 240 188% 245 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 363%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 212GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4505956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 48782238557155 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1573 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 102 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 192 (BD) vendor-specific 23 43 68722294807 (C2) HDA temperature 23 43 68722294807 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4505956 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4505956 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4505956 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7301 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6356 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6356 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5441	75.6% Very good	Read 420 Write 262 Mixed 307 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 16 110% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 80 106% 191 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 170GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4924 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1029 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4448491436	68.1% Good	Read 480 Write 117 Mixed 156 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 19.6 103% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 64.8 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 158GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3736 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 655 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4299160945	90% Excellent	Read 515 Write 404 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 28.1 138% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 27.7 36% 61.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 134%
Kingston SUV400S37960G 960GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 679GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3340 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (64) Unknown 100 100 343808 (65) Unknown 100 100 220224 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5563 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 22 100 167504838678 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1191 (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 1191 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 530 (EA) Unknown 100 100 297 (F1) Unknown 100 100 330 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1191
Poor: 73% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 135%

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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 $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	169x
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	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