Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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	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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 17:57
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,002 101% 820 Pts	64-Core 1,319 82% 1,319 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% 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 3751) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2863 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.73 Reflection 11.2 1% 5.94 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 158GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3405 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 371 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2228286 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C2) HDA temperature 67 52 206159872033 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8963 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7469 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8547 (F4) Unknown 100 100 34 (F5) Unknown 100 100 62 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2372864	96.5% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 503 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 13.9 112% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 59.8 110% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 111%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 83GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,029 Write 914 Mixed 1,154 300% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 52.3 216% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.6 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 167 135% 182 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 243%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^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 10711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 246 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5177499 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 532 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454904864 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9072 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6929 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5091 (F4) Unknown 100 100 79 (F5) Unknown 100 100 155 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2720320	92.4% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 415 Mixed 459 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 14 112% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 13 95% 219 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 741GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1668 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1557 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 35 (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	79% Very good	Read 132 Write 143 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 357GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 115 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1940 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 573 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1192042 (C2) HDA temperature 111 90 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.2% Average	Read 77.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 76.3 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 29.6 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 49.3 SC Mixed 35.5 104% 36.4 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%

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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 $79Bench 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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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,098

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