Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	130% 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	151% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	59.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 23:53
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$177 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 84.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 1,018 100% 820 Pts	64-Core 1,292 80% 1,292 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 210 Parallax 178 148% 190 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 173 Splatting 130 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S240G 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 144 8566 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9352 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13582 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	22.9% Poor	Read 278 Write 167 Mixed 173 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 2.31 4K Write 3.07 4K Mixed 0.38 6% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 23%
WDC WD30EZRS-11J99B0 480GB 310GB free Firmware: UG3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 56 240519020567 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 30066081799 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 135 (EA) Unknown 100 100 284 (F1) Unknown 100 100 139 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.8% Good	Read 524 Write 412 Mixed 306 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 6.75 68% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 6.27 31% 69.8 MB/s

WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,528 Write 524 Mixed 601 192% 884 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 13.1 132% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 46.2 151% 335 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 155%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 197GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3373 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51596492899 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 141 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 29 304942678045 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 141736280100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1231 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1561 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1362 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7804 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.7% Very good	Read 498 Write 347 Mixed 390 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 4.86 90% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 3.19 64% 148 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 119GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1524 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (A5) Unknown 100 100 283478655133 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 29 304942678048 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 223341969464 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1906 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2954 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2267 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1795 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 513 Write 398 Mixed 397 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 2.1 93% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 0.07 69% 165 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 175 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1700 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67071 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 37 (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
Poor: 40% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 132%

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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 $177Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,939x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	218x
Core i7-8086KIntel $449Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	188x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	771x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	363x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	296x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	173x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	162x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	190x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	130x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363