Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 887 87% 711 Pts	64-Core 1,140 70% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 960GB-$310 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 792GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2584 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C2) HDA temperature 62 36 274879348774	63.8% Good	Read 502 Write 169 Mixed 268 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 7.65 81% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 35.3 80% 171 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 89%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 267GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,188 Write 1,901 Mixed 1,782 436% 1,957 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 71.2 243% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 438 DQ Mixed 253 262% 433 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 353%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 264GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 718 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 144 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7195 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 163 (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 100 100 15995 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94248 (F2) Unknown 100 100 421403 (F5) Unknown 100 100 115120	100% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 392 Mixed 435 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.9 141% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 68.9 111% 211 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 47183370 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8895022 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -77150497535970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 59 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3908 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 85899345953 (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 68577742816726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1280693964 (F2) Unknown 100 253 871985250	106% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 175 Mixed 148 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208702800 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 236500 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 60 52 673710120 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3746 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 85899345960 (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 -80826989541457 (F1) Unknown 100 253 923206564 (F2) Unknown 100 253 709992585	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 172 Mixed 170 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 756GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 691 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 460 (C2) HDA temperature 100 95 43 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 141 Mixed 125 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.17 98% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 108%

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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	2,886x
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	755x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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 $67Bench 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 $269	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 $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