Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	17.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 18:38
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 879 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 129 Parallax 102 95% 116 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 327 326 326 326 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,231 SusWrite 378 283% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 86.2 304% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1349 DQ Mixed 1,008 806% 1,112 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 89GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 304 146 111 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 437 Mixed 336 SusWrite 206 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.8 159% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 180 162% 246 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 633GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 98 100 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 116 Write 103 Mixed 76 SusWrite 99.5 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 27 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 111%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $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 $184	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) $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