Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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	68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 14:35
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 645 8-Core 905 98% 775 Pts	64-Core 959 59% 959 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68% Good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 76.3 72% 83.2 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 67.6 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 231 157 132 155 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 471 Write 258 Mixed 123 SusWrite 176 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 23.6 98% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 46.3 DQ Mixed 23.9 35% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 107%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 46GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 253 246 235 219 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 413 Write 454 Mixed 384 SusWrite 265 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 38.7 140% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 40 102% 214 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 99%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 149GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 78 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 75 Write 77.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 76.9 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 86%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 741GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 123 Write 110 Mixed 101 SusWrite 114 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 85%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 686GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 71 76 75 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 67.3 Write 72 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 74.3 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 93%

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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 $92Bench 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 $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 $178	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