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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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	118% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 23:30
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 1,023 100% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,284 80% 1,284 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2755 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1380 (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 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25729530393	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 459 Mixed 469 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 52.1 179% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 139 151% 255 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 118% 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 (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68505880 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9988387 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (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 67 63 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12946 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 64424509473 (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 26079041421990 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6890076708 (F2) Unknown 100 253 366537603592	98.9% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 159 Mixed 135 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 20.7 Write 3.26 Mixed 5.54 9% 9.84 MB/s	4K Read 5.85 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 1.32 133% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 17%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 24.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 29.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 103%

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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 $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

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