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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	179% 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	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$192 746,287 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 (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 1,013 100% 818 Pts	64-Core 1,299 80% 1,299 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2TB AIC 13 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 3TB free Firmware: KPYA8D3Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 3,027 Write 1,656 Mixed 2,060 496% 2,248 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 31.3 156% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 169 173% 280 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 283%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,538 Write 847 Mixed 1,054 253% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 29 179% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 28.8 96% 209 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31270008 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13312775 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 158917795480 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 436863002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15177 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 38654705690 (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 -63780264343737 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9373039604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7963115401	36.7% Below average	Read 24.5 Write 101 Mixed 58.9 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 6.82 4K Mixed 0.49 200% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 114%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-22ZCT0 320GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 28GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 36.4 Mixed 23 40% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$68 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 28.9 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 30.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 85%

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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 $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,902x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	215x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	763x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 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	172x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	188x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16