Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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	87.6% 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	56.3% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 19:28
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 154 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 883 94% 751 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.5 90% 108 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 115 101049174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24945170079929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1283 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 61 60133539871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 101049174 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 101049174 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 101049174 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2530 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2332 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2332 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11060	83.2% Excellent	Read 507 Write 275 Mixed 331 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 18.9 120% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 12.6 75% 173 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 203342350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 38379827824374 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1789 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 40 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 203342350 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 203342350 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 203342350 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35013 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27473 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27473 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34828	56.3% Above average	Read 444 Write 71.1 Mixed 124 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 15.9 110% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 10.9 21% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 39866077 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 17518443804 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 588578849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 877 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 10 39866077 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83% Excellent	Read 144 Write 145 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.59 145% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 86%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 458GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 80.6 Write 82.9 Mixed 81.9 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 27.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 103%

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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 $92Bench 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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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