Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 18:02
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$193 746,287 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 (95^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 923 90% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,100 68% 1,100 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1210) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 196 Parallax 196 149% 191 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 177 Splatting 122 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 66 198707584 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 20263079 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -68388764253389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 420913217645 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 85899345950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 66 198707584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 35976 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1614907703003 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14864604892 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1482757150	66.9% Good	Read 160 Write 72 Mixed 90.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 3.23 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.14 176% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 29.8 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,897x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	212x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	760x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	171x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	187x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16