Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 903 84% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,135 70% 1,135 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 115 101% 124 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 117 Splatting 90.1 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,731 Write 1,222 Mixed 1,175 305% 1,376 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 36.6 96% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 223 230% 380 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 235%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 67 4789645 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 25698 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -6704443949055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 74 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 81604378650 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 18622978195456 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3100622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1689023	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 181 Mixed 144 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25788481833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 561 (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 6054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3969 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3969 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 201864445982 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 5786 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19791760879 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11845826682	107% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 184 Mixed 159 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.23 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 2x16GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 77%

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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 $127Bench 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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Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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