Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	101% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 23:46
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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)	104% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 314 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 998 100% 812 Pts	64-Core 1,334 83% 1,334 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 143 Parallax 126 106% 133 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 62575628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 115285512167371 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4455 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3777 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 107376148510 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 62575628 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 62575628 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 62575628 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1964 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1907 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1907 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2863	42.3% Average	Read 190 Write 100 Mixed 118 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 10.8 91% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 97.8 DQ Mixed 8.52 21% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10048095 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 737740 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4488 (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 74 53 454230042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 13 10048095 (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 -123733712808592 (F1) Unknown 100 253 401371377 (F2) Unknown 100 253 333699984	62.1% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.64 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3500630AS P 500GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 375GB free Firmware: 3.BTH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 66 66 35107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 43 36 3564843402519 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6214 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 588644386 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 81604378658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 61 35660025 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.6% Average	Read 73 Write 71.8 Mixed 71.1 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,422x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	670x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	270x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	363x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	314x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	105x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	93x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	93x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	92x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $844

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