Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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	86% 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	99% 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 07:49
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 997 99% 805 Pts	64-Core 1,273 79% 1,273 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 90% 109 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20576 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2324 (B1) Unknown 90 90 349 (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 69 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 71 71 28522 (EB) Unknown 99 99 324 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37970642028	99% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 427 Mixed 483 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.4 125% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 80.9 131% 252 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 821GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 196 6178 (03) Spinup time 186 173 3675 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6368 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2741 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5898 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 13 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 193 183 1471	71.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 118 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.36 126% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 74%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 618GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 173 5291 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8547 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3034 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 244880 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 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	44% Average	Read 79.5 Write 73.7 Mixed 74.2 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 63%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 211GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 163 4483 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 549 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8206 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (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	57.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 90.4 Mixed 94.2 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 27 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 31.5 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,422x
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 $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 $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 $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) $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