Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 07:08
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 948 95% 772 Pts	64-Core 1254 78% 1254 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.7 82% 103 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 78.3 71% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% 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% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,162 Write 1,215 Mixed 1,376 350% 1,585 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 30.6 131% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 590 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 80.3 179% 371 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 364GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 8108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 750 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16439 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 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 0	74.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 117 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 168GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 236 5075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1257 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1244 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 895 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5876 (C2) HDA temperature 126 113 26 (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 0	43.8% Average	Read 89 Write 63.8 Mixed 87.1 61% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 71GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 4658 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2070 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2053 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53264 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 26 (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 0	60.9% Good	Read 93.8 Write 118 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 15GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1629056 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 50 743069917847 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1805 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 504627228 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61667 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60129542172 (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 42571715846505 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21187437970 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29322609818	75.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 143 Mixed 142 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.24 67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 32.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 33.8 99% 34.7 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%

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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 $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 $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