Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	126% 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	45.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 05:36
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 885 94% 748 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 204 Parallax 193 142% 191 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 172 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8092112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -96250217078568 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2025 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1574 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 487 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8092112 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8092112 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8092112 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25009 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20604 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20604 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25447	45.3% Average	Read 192 Write 106 Mixed 125 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 10.3 92% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 8.22 34% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%
Toshiba MK5076GSX 500GB-$54 7,200 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 68GB free Firmware: GS001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2077 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 19125 (0A) Spinup retry count 211 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 433 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 369171 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454118430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 97 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3516 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 356 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	22.9% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 44.8 Mixed 40.2 30% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181121847 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4122 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 163981944 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2383 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 124556017697 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 47244640287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 11 181121847 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 51817 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125529009125433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1487509023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3359208710	44.6% Average	Read 75.1 Write 80.2 Mixed 66.6 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.27 63% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 29.9 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 30.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 135%

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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 $300	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 $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