Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 11:23
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 154 2-Core 301 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 953 94% 771 Pts	64-Core 1,249 77% 1,249 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 126 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 31.1 102% 65 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 43.3 34% 41.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,262 Write 1,429 Mixed 1,270 365% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47.3 196% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 135 141% 234 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 44GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3291 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 983 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 99 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 143723 (A5) Unknown 100 100 128 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 70 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 775 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 369877 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1507857 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1084044 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2299568	99.6% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 440 Mixed 470 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 35.4 131% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 74.6 109% 202 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 62521812 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 167010419 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -116715736262859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 56 672596008 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65251 (C2) HDA temperature 40 44 73014444072 (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 126529736542893 (F1) Unknown 100 253 165270742541 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10255280621	68.9% Good	Read 84.8 Write 156 Mixed 127 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.21 48% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 66237795 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 167078631 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 15749645080365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 689373225 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63090 (C2) HDA temperature 41 46 73014444073 (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 -115255447386184 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16331506793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 158193782035	70.3% Very good	Read 87 Write 158 Mixed 107 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.17 44% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 29.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 32.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%

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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 $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 $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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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