Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 19:45
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 169 2-Core 338 108% 200 Pts	4-Core 667 8-Core 806 95% 736 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1040 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 109 66% 82.9 fps	MRender 58.6 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 75 59% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 1,142 Mixed 1,382 337% 1,525 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 58.4 230% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 225 238% 398 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 247%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 45GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 503 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4063361 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7926	99.3% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 416 Mixed 510 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 15.9 129% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 68.4 131% 262 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105514936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71892361 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2249 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 787 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 167374 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 17179869214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10247791977089 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15991307382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43249988627	87.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 157 Mixed 131 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 25.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 95%

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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 $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 $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