Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	115% 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	276% 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	13.5 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	Feb 15 '18 at 08:28
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 947 98% 791 Pts	64-Core 946 58% 946 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 126% 149 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% 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% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,856 Write 1,394 Mixed 1,448 417% 1,899 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 41.7 211% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 125 146% 253 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 254%
WD WD50EZRZ-32RWYB1 5TB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 994GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 197 8991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1570 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27539 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 35 (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	81.1% Excellent	Read 181 Write 102 Mixed 107 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 494GB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201883648 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3477789 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1134 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 588972067 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3118 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 38654705699 (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 -19898583478856 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6703004911 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31255797918	88.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 28.6 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 31.6 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,874x
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	752x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	294x

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	168x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	127x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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