Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	100% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 02:15
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 939 94% 766 Pts	64-Core 1,223 76% 1,223 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2847 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 193 Parallax 198 146% 190 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9091 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6747 (B1) Unknown 73 73 319 (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 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5546 (F1) Unknown 99 99 53078936946	72.6% Very good	Read 482 Write 171 Mixed 343 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 24 123% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 25.2 50% 106 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6855 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5895 (B1) Unknown 96 96 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27311611707	100% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 413 Mixed 412 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 38.4 146% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 75.3 95% 170 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 589824 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 132 132 25797001630 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2169 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12216 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 231928823846 (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 9	42.9% Average	Read 79 Write 70.4 Mixed 71.4 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 73%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 674GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 172 166 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15187 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4382 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14881 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 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 200 200 0	79.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 246GB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 40 40 15000 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10826 (C0) Power-off retract count 194 194 5036 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205265 (C2) HDA temperature 107 83 45 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	44.2% Average	Read 79.5 Write 74 Mixed 88.7 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.41 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 24.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 28.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 101%

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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	293x

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	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	185x
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 $184	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) $35	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