Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 18:19
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 161 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,025 102% 829 Pts	64-Core 1,340 83% 1,340 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% 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)	65.3% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 84 Parallax 79.9 68% 82.3 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 74.6 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 42GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7658 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (A5) Unknown 100 100 485431248015 (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 90 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 227634315295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5733834294583 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3996 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12171 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8277 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10875 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 460 Write 282 Mixed 245 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 21.9 110% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 50.6 98% 201 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 101%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,059 Write 1,163 Mixed 1,457 345% 1,560 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 44.2 182% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 642 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 153 229% 434 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 210%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 62844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1 (C2) HDA temperature 97 96 53 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 97.8 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.52 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%
WD WD75 00AARS-00Y5B 750GB 3,011 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 357GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 181 6583 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1466 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 310115 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 36 (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	42.3% Average	Read 74 Write 73.6 Mixed 67.7 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 58%
WDC WD50 00AAKB-00H8A0 500GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 282GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 39.5 Mixed 19.6 40% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.39 82% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%

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 (70^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 25.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,897x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	760x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
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	171x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	187x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16