Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	55.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 917 91% 744 Pts	64-Core 1228 76% 1228 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 66.8 55% 70.3 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 59.5 55% 68.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 100 328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1855 (A6) Unknown 100 100 455 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 507 (A9) Unknown 100 100 354 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 577 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 326417514532 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 16 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 93872 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14375 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16931	51.3% Above average	Read 509 Write 324 Mixed 386 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 0.68 40% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 3.81 5% 9.29 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 84%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 116GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 196 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 98 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1802471293	87.8% Excellent	Read 527 Write 412 Mixed 427 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 25.1 129% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 26.6 34% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 129%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 689GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2404 (03) Spinup time 112 105 7366 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3861 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3302 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 312830 (C2) HDA temperature 111 70 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 67 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 75 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 197 194 695	55.6% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 95.2 Mixed 88.2 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 26.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 107%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,890x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	756x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16