Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	130% 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	260% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 00:14
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 964 96% 785 Pts	64-Core 1262 78% 1262 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 198 Parallax 195 149% 192 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,754 Write 1,223 Mixed 1,536 403% 1,837 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 55.4 210% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 118 123% 207 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 280%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 805GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 196 8866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 991 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3886 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 35 (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	91.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 144 Mixed 147 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 97%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 706GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 76.3 Write 81.8 Mixed 52.2 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 3.61 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 66%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 110GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 195 8958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1021 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4467 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 34 (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	53.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 85.3 Mixed 93 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.2 90% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 106GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 178789024 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78477358 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (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 64 57 606011428 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7508 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 100 178789024 (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 -53927609367281 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24473565593 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39690547110	48.4% Average	Read 73.7 Write 92.8 Mixed 68.8 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 7.95 4K Mixed 0.31 197% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 90%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 88GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 171 5766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 793 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3014 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 88.5 Mixed 80.1 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.24 106% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 101%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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	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 $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 $179	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