Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	242% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 21:11
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 760 81% 644 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 65.2 63% 72.9 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 71.5 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,261 Write 1,189 Mixed 1,191 340% 1,547 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.2 201% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 179 201% 345 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 236%
Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD 47 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 35GB free Firmware: 1571 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 7 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 198 36 0 (0C) Power cycle count 180 6 0 (B8) Unknown 40 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 0 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 242 149238 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 225 19 76116 (C8) Write error rate 76 68 1412 (C9) Soft read error rate 135 42 607 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 23 88 24 (CB) Run out cancel 77 204 23 (CC) Soft ECC correction 0 0 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 160 134 1 (CE) Flying height 1 0 0 (CF) Spin high current 103 27 0 (D0) Spin buzz 47 2 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 100 0 0 (D2) Unknown 238 0 0 (D3) Unknown 0 0 0	6.86% Terrible	Read 63 Write 24.2 Mixed 49.7 10% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.14 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.49 10% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 38%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6435240 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 574397 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (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 70 63 538837022 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 165 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 68719476766 (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 14821932138510 (F1) Unknown 100 253 653483301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34919785043	94.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 150 Mixed 144 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 155GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 93 103839491 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7061 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 78 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 475871298 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 253 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 505151517 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 103839491 (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 -90477781027056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2487089277 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3953696316	57.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 88.7 Mixed 85 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.3 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% 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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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