Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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	20.4% 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)
Boot Drive	220% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 643 8-Core 917 98% 780 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1145 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.4% Poor	Lighting 3.17 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 92.3 3% 49.3 fps	MRender 54.9 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 70.4 55% 66.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 1,224 Mixed 1,419 342% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 32.6 192% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 226 170% 215 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 247%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 44GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5888 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 503 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4063361 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7894	92.9% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 506 Mixed 421 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 15 113% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 63 86% 146 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 55GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169857056 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2612 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71517127 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2239 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 521994269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 778 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 167342 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 17179869213 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7168300425789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15883028556 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43015279716	99.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 168 Mixed 170 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.29 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 23.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 95%

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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 $92Bench 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 $178	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