Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% 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	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 19:21
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (89^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 850 82% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,119 69% 1,119 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 105 96% 113 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.1 78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 63GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1594 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 181 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 42 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3708772078	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 411 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 49 177% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 131 148% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15503 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2370 (B1) Unknown 69 69 365 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 35 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 133 (F1) Unknown 99 99 112497516657	93% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 347 Mixed 349 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 25.9 134% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 81.9 112% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 861GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111444008 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13854053 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (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 59 47 789905449 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9244 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 55834574889 (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 90975997266798 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9524911672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 224130318414	73.9% Very good	Read 91.8 Write 165 Mixed 124 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.55 189% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 214GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 101 (03) Spinup time 154 154 34386215219 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5160 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2708 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15936 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15940 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 210454315048 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 79.8 Write 91 Mixed 69 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.19 54% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 73%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 24.1 Write 7.98 Mixed 13.5 17% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 1.55 142% 3.35 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 26.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.7 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

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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	2,894x
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 $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	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: $1,056

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16