Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	209% 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 05:44
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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-$186 746,287 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)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 157 2-Core 313 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 1,027 101% 826 Pts	64-Core 1,301 80% 1,301 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3761) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2908 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 203 Reflection 208 Parallax 207 166% 206 fps	Gravity 190 Splatting 133 139% 162 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: M0MU031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th 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 100 100 279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 57 184684773408 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1322425469 (F7) Unknown 100 100 41369117 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2032587 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9382 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 492 Mixed 463 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 36.1 140% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 30.3 54% 100 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%
Patriot Pyro 240GB-$172 345 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 10682997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -78941498897571 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3430 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2166 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10682997 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10682997 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10682997 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4088 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4620 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4620 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5107	53.1% Above average	Read 194 Write 171 Mixed 154 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 12.5 96% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 43.8 68% 127 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 81%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 1,072 Mixed 1,163 308% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.9 178% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 148 156% 260 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 102GB free Firmware: 1.5.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1449 (E8) Unknown 100 100 7696643453 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	95.4% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 364 Mixed 391 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 32.4 140% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 119 136% 234 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.1 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 107%

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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