Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	87.1% 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 820 83% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 193 Parallax 175 145% 182 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 167 Splatting 122 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 13GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4767 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 140 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655384 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2996	75% Very good	Read 517 Write 357 Mixed 355 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 9.66 95% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 46.6 61% 103 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 97%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 177 100 2225 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1603 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9217 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9269 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9180 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 100 240518168626 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 308 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 933348 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18553 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13659	87.1% Excellent	Read 504 Write 434 Mixed 458 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 5.66 105% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 29.2 86% 182 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1568 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8609315858 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3158 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 672596002 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 27 1568 (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 115345641712495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3357845467 (F2) Unknown 100 253 780651700	41.1% Average	Read 73 Write 70.2 Mixed 78.5 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.73 113% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 6991 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8077 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7444 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8073 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 37 (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	33.9% Below average	Read 74.4 Write 43.4 Mixed 54.2 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 28 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 107%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

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 $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