Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 06:57
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 96.2 96% 96.2 Pts
Poor: 76% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2038 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 83 Parallax 71.4 68% 79.2 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 78.5 62% 75.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,803 Write 1,183 Mixed 1325 318% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 30.8 144% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 127 191% 363 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 210%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7739 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (A5) Unknown 100 100 485431968920 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 227634315300 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5755309131068 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4061 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12268 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8356 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10922 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.6% Very good	Read 466 Write 323 Mixed 323 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 20.5 100% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 38.7 55% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 101%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 853GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 62928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 56 (C2) HDA temperature 98 96 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.5% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 101 Mixed 94.5 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.52 129% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%
WD WD75 00AARS-00Y5B 750GB 3,011 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 364GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 181 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 310535 (C2) HDA temperature 103 86 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 80.7 Write 70.5 Mixed 71.3 56% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.13 49% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 24.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 30.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 105%

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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 $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,920x
Core i5-8600KIntel $118Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	216x
Core i7-8086KIntel $443Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	186x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	768x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	362x
RTX 3080Nvidia $435Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	295x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	172x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	189x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	130x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $1,038

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16