Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 16:41
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 559 69% 525 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 3000) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 19% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 69 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 260 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 66 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 639114615
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9114 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 29 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20180 (A5) Unknown 100 100 91 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (94) Unknown 100 100 17479 (95) Unknown 100 100 539 (96) Unknown 100 100 397 (97) Unknown 100 100 514 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47071 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47467 (F5) Unknown 100 100 161440	70.8% Very good	Read 513 Write 215 Mixed 269 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 25.3 97% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 34.3 64% 123 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 758GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132296960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2716134 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1362 (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 71 64 504561693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11585 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 42949672989 (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 -133676562117142 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2644140415 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44898540679	92.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 154 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 786GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 512 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2175 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.36 137% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 12.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 47%

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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	1,422x
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 $76Bench 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 $46

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