Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 22:28
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 824 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,144 71% 1,144 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 200 Parallax 178 149% 187 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8590589960 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 52 206158430256 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590131203 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25 (EA) Unknown 100 100 37 (F1) Unknown 253 253 35 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.9% Above average	Read 485 Write 154 Mixed 139 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 3.64 68% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 0.97 33% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 182 180 1858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 3 (C2) HDA temperature 111 111 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 174 Mixed 162 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.36 142% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 19.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 134%

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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%

UFO

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	293x

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	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	185x
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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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