Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 114% 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	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	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 07:41
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 846 81% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,107 68% 1,107 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 197 Parallax 175 143% 182 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 171 Splatting 125 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 427GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,299 Write 1,864 Mixed 1,673 432% 1,945 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 67.1 233% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 588 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 233 245% 409 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 353%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 588 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (A5) Unknown 100 100 150384673522 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 77 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 371 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 55 236224774193 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3552007685160 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5064 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7781 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2314 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4541 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 472 Write 326 Mixed 320 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 21.4 110% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 51.3 98% 199 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 101%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2184 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 185 185 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 325 (C2) HDA temperature 57 55 193274708011 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 401 Mixed 385 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 42.3 130% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 173 171% 273 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 32GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,237 327% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.1 194% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 565 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 190 207% 355 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 410GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 171 5133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2752 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 42 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	9.51% Terrible	Read 29.1 Write 3.2 Mixed 79.4 30% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 9.51% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 30.5 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 136%

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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) $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