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 as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	58.4% 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 05:41
Run Duration	415 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 874 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 960GB-$310 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 792GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2584 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C2) HDA temperature 61 36 274879348775	58.4% Above average	Read 498 Write 209 Mixed 163 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 7.6 70% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 36 53% 102 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 89%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 267GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,856 Mixed 1,706 422% 1,896 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 67.1 232% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 218 229% 379 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 353%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 264GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^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 100 100 718 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 144 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7186 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 146 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 15995 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94137 (F2) Unknown 100 100 421317 (F5) Unknown 100 100 114976	92.9% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 385 Mixed 433 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 34 122% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 67.5 100% 188 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 43068368 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8888145 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -96920231999458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (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 59 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3905 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 85899345953 (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 386547058134 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1278017888 (F2) Unknown 100 253 870546324	87.1% Excellent	Read 166 Write 137 Mixed 142 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206528168 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 234873 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (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 52 673710120 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3743 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 85899345960 (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 73809012983727 (F1) Unknown 100 253 920430984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 708451947	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 171 Mixed 158 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 756GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 691 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 460 (C2) HDA temperature 100 95 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 150 Mixed 135 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 30GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	9.75% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 3.09 Mixed 5.36 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.15 110% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.75% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 108%

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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	2,879x
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	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	358x
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 $113Bench 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	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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