Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 05:50
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 895 86% 711 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 196 Parallax 177 146% 184 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 136GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1095 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 224 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2720013395	117% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.5 187% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 28.7 99% 219 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2937 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 187 187 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 456 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 201864380447 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 463 Write 231 Mixed 244 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 38.8 121% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 76.3 DQ Mixed 19.8 24% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 106%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2639 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 0 55838441515 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9693 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5003 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9477 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	94.9% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 450 Mixed 460 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 31.4 132% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 76.3 89% 143 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 103%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 683GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10308 (03) Spinup time 163 158 6816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4528 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3004 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 301468 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 16	59.2% Above average	Read 115 Write 91.6 Mixed 94.5 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 25.9 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%

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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	2,882x
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	754x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $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