Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	252% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 09:55
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 156 2-Core 304 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,010 99% 808 Pts	64-Core 1,286 80% 1,286 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 126 Parallax 113 102% 121 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 99.8 85% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,310 Write 1,420 Mixed 1,254 366% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.9 200% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 133 139% 231 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 44GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 3296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 99 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 143782 (A5) Unknown 100 100 128 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 70 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 776 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 370083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1508415 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1087061 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2300512	102% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 441 Mixed 471 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 36.2 136% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 75.5 114% 214 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 239746760 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 173860082 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 52342766442315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (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 61 54 655818791 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65260 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 73014444071 (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 75776108006084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 190726327801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10256844543	59.9% Above average	Read 78.1 Write 131 Mixed 114 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.16 41% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 243228543 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 173825833 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -136644384516284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (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 61 54 655818791 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63115 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 73014444071 (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 -102731322751026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16353622798 (F2) Unknown 100 253 183627320427	60.2% Good	Read 77.9 Write 132 Mixed 103 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.21 47% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 47.5 MC Mixed 32.4 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 52.1 SC Mixed 36.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,894x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	183x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	760x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16