Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	133% 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	267% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 00:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 998 98% 805 Pts	64-Core 1,318 82% 1,318 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 3752) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 207 Parallax 188 151% 193 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 190 Splatting 128 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,693 Write 1,373 Mixed 1,431 403% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 43 205% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 30 100% 220 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: 0105 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 114 Write 175 Mixed 153 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: 0105 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 133 Write 125 Mixed 112 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.69 120% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 310GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494497577 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 990 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1220 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684707876 (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	64.1% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 91 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.24 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST9320421AS 320GB-$90 999 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 278GB free Firmware: SD14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12532186 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 57 17245038860 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1523 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 85 146031116325 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 538640415 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 231062 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 44 12532186 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 86.2 Write 80.1 Mixed 82.6 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.37 82% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 31.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 45 SC Mixed 33.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%

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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	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 $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) $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