Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	259% 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 15:37
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 854 84% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,036 64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 105 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.8 86% 68.4 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,336 Write 1,405 Mixed 1,242 366% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50.5 202% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 172 189% 324 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 138GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4426201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 124794569757266 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1367 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 472 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 51542097947 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 51542097947 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4426201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4426201 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4426201 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3349 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7441 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7441 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12097	72.3% Very good	Read 511 Write 188 Mixed 236 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 19.2 113% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 45.4 68% 126 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 588GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6716 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 588 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 177986 (C2) HDA temperature 123 97 27 (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 2	48.2% Average	Read 81.3 Write 86.5 Mixed 89.8 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.14 61% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 406GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15533 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11700 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4576 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 4 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 37 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 49 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 104256 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 41	34.8% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 64.9 Mixed 65.6 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 120GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16353 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10393 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4526 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 917504 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 79 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 184317 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 45	42% Average	Read 71.5 Write 74.8 Mixed 58.6 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.6 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 131%

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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 $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 $40	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