Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	135% 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	272% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 23:25
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 158 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 633 8-Core 956 99% 795 Pts	64-Core 1,336 83% 1,336 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 202 Parallax 184 157% 193 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 183 Splatting 129 119% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2576 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1959 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 379 (C2) HDA temperature 72 49 219044184092	69.2% Good	Read 498 Write 275 Mixed 279 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 7.55 84% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 35.9 72% 148 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 221GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7457 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3201 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 824 (C2) HDA temperature 72 41 253403922460	61.5% Good	Read 486 Write 153 Mixed 217 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 7.42 82% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 23.6 70% 156 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 83%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,607 Write 1,202 Mixed 1,408 382% 1,739 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 47.3 227% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 717 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 250 283% 487 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 866GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 91 21534752 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1487 (05) Reallocated sector count 80 80 26403 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 108325533 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1644 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 80 80 20 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 983 (BC) Unknown 100 84 12885098837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3193 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 60129542178 (C5) Current pending sector count 84 21 2725 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 84 21 2725 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 472637 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -45672682220455 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15479162558 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27219051505	83.8% Excellent	Read 138 Write 153 Mixed 136 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.75 214% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 27.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 103%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 3,021 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,423x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	93x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	92x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $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