Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	302% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 05:47
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 930 90% 741 Pts	64-Core 1,147 71% 1,147 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 960GB-$310 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 790GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C2) HDA temperature 68 36 274879348768	66.3% Good	Read 475 Write 249 Mixed 268 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 7.24 74% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 34.8 86% 183 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 89%
Mushkin MKNSSDTR1TB-3D 1TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 656GB free Firmware: Q0518CS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 141 (A3) Unknown 100 100 17 (A4) Unknown 100 100 890 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (94) Unknown 100 100 105 (95) Unknown 100 100 4 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 1 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9812 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3708 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32040	74.3% Very good	Read 475 Write 251 Mixed 273 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 22.1 98% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 49.2 87% 173 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 113%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,365 Write 1,712 Mixed 1,828 437% 1,968 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 71.9 236% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 304 322% 539 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 353%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 218GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 718 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 144 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7359 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 220 (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 100 100 15995 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95991 (F2) Unknown 100 100 425223 (F5) Unknown 100 100 117744	96.7% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 380 Mixed 429 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 33.4 135% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 68.9 110% 209 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 10374662 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1128 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9437812 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 65244848195629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (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 65 59 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 802 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4019 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 85899345955 (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 139947214374365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1681101124 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1375629954	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 178 Mixed 135 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221008992 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 244169 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (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 60 52 673579048 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3862 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 85899345960 (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 -131224135792716 (F1) Unknown 100 253 928667984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 716257382	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 169 Mixed 158 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 108%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,880x
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	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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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