Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 22:48
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 309 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 982 99% 806 Pts	64-Core 1,219 76% 1,219 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 126 68% 89.5 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 75.2 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 144GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1995 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 17 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2277755939	115% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 420 Mixed 432 102% 461 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 47.3 178% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 111 137% 243 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18701 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 285 (B1) Unknown 94 94 307 (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 52 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 213 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46149297992	98.4% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 276 Mixed 369 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.1 158% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 130 139% 232 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 31837 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 931 (B1) Unknown 87 87 157 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 521 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52728782797	95.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 353 Mixed 355 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 27.1 141% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 86.4 114% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 58GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 89 207909577 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2891 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 949119991 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1487 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 673579047 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 52 58926337 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 52.5 Mixed 67.7 47% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 26.5 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 28.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 109%

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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	2,874x
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	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 $127Bench 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	127x

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Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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