Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	30.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 01:49
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 163 2-Core 330 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 658 8-Core 966 101% 812 Pts	64-Core 962 60% 962 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 47.7 32% 40.4 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 40.3 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1245196 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 245 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 40 171799937055 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 150 (F1) Unknown 253 253 134 (F2) Unknown 253 253 122 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86% Excellent	Read 508 Write 350 Mixed 311 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 24.7 105% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 49.6 100% 207 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 586GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2146 (03) Spinup time 184 170 3775 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2654 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2653 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1417 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1236 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	68.4% Good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 118 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.47 140% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 76%
Walgreen Infinitive 32GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 4.73 Mixed 8.39 14% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 1.03 147% 2.94 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 16%

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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 27.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 103%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,423x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	670x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	271x

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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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