Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	288% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 07:07
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 908 89% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,147 71% 1,147 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 60.5 52% 64.3 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54.6 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 467GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 117 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2490389 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 587 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 56 240519413810 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 485 (EA) Unknown 100 100 529 (F1) Unknown 253 253 521 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1030 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 507 Write 353 Mixed 347 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 20.4 105% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 13.4 69% 158 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 120%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,732 Write 1,878 Mixed 1,982 487% 2,197 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 37.6 188% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 50.4 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 171 136% 180 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 353%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 157 157 21501706666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 118 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 201864511531 (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	112% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 186 Mixed 189 146% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 100 (03) Spinup time 165 165 17198153962 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 70 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 180389675045 (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
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 89.6 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 4.28 4K Mixed 0.43 171% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 31.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

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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	2,881x
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	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
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 $92Bench 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	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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