Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	123% 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	89.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 17:42
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 304 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 910 92% 747 Pts	64-Core 1,280 79% 1,280 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 189 Parallax 201 138% 186 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 177 Splatting 118 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 1,210 Write 50.9 Mixed 172 101% 478 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 16.7 86% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 38.3 93% 200 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 144%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 196 9116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3718 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 32 (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	85.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 153 Mixed 152 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.3 125% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 97%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 834GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 195 9041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4277 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 31 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.4 Mixed 89.9 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.29 116% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 97%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 717GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 732 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2847 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.5% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.09 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 253GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 155015168 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78160481 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (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 67 57 555483169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 155015168 (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 -18537078848516 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24150517781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39511834777	42.2% Average	Read 68.2 Write 77 Mixed 51.7 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 7.05 4K Mixed 0.38 189% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-2666 4x8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.9 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 98%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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