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 (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	240% 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	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 (38%). 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	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 19:25
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$193 746,287 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 (93^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 868 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,256 Write 1,377 Mixed 1,223 357% 1,619 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.9 180% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 116 130% 223 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
Seagate ST8000VN0012-1Z9112 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 73961068 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1383 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 94 60 2507817183 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 18270790884940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 521076767 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1629 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 119330 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 30064771103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 73961068 (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 -27045409057981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14891021748 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7885155794	98.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 156 Mixed 141 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 3.76 4K Mixed 0.31 272% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155345608 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8619717475 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1182 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 453967899 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 7766 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29906 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 25769803803 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 155345608 (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 -93574452469040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22003818919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 352229289929
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 184 0 (03) Spinup time 159 142 11033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2545 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1950 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 724 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1820 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 30 (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	96.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 164 Mixed 170 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.35 133% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 143 10966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2316 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3286 (C2) HDA temperature 122 100 30 (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	94.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 165 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.26 126% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 37GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 104 Write 90.5 Mixed 77.5 113% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 49%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 28GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	9.11% Terrible	Read 25.1 Write 9.65 Mixed 8.79 15% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.06 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 1.11 80% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.11% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 31.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 32.8 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,896x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	211x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	760x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	360x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	295x

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	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	187x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16