Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 92%, 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	82.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 03:28
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 819 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$350 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 190 Parallax 191 143% 185 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2752 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1376 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 58 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25601569491	82.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 235 Mixed 327 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 34 115% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 84.6 114% 211 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$82 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175829768 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 612 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9931666 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (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 69 63 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12906 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 356482286244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6828294513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 366481152287	96.8% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 158 Mixed 142 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 19.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,945x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	218x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	190x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	775x
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 $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	174x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	162x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $118Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	191x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $48Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	132x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $952

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406