Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	26.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 884 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,134 70% 1,134 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3662) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 39.9 25% 34.6 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 27.7 28% 35 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5641 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 247 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23615832194
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 242445560 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 83375153 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 138078903602082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (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 60 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 182 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9003 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 242445560 (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 -39041252718904 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4981182698 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1118460683
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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 10801 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 567 (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 66 66 13700 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 409 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12136 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209674781 (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 200 253 2 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4217 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 292 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	93% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 159 Mixed 155 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 4.31 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.28 252% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 991GB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 51578536531 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1596 (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 97 97 26822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1595 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2718 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 180389806114 (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 200 200 0	58.8% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 107 Mixed 97.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 91%
WD Black 3TB (2012)-$205 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 654GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 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 147 140 11625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1798 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1575 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1622 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 129 Mixed 130 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.47 112% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 19.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 109%

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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 $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