Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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	272% 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 04:23
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 929 96% 776 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 149 Parallax 140 115% 143 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,888 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,432 416% 1,895 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 41.6 207% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 78.6 112% 208 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 254%
WD WD50EZRZ-32RWYB1 5TB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 211 197 8450 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1373 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1190 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26201 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 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	78.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 134 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.18 101% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80379304 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3112444 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1083 (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 66 54 605487138 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2191 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 38654705698 (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 -73761768338048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4566309366 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30370908837	77% Very good	Read 137 Write 131 Mixed 122 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$34 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 28.5 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 32.1 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% 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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,896x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
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	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	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