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 way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	121% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	82 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$190 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 285 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 946 94% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,256 78% 1,256 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2754 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1377 (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 61 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25682851104	121% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 502 Mixed 504 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 51.9 180% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 143 151% 252 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 121% 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 above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31012088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9971200 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (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 69 63 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12923 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 104728482546341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6884915772 (F2) Unknown 100 253 366527930882	99.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 169 Mixed 144 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%

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 (83^rd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 24.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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 $190Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,948x
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 $78Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $108Bench 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 $116Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $955

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406