Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	268% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '19 at 10:06
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 835 80% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 191 Parallax 171 140% 178 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 173 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 578 575 570 582 602 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2475 Write 2,263 Mixed 1,550 SusWrite 634 386% 1,731 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 82.3 277% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 846 DQ Mixed 1,007 747% 993 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 340%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 78GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,955 Write 1,406 Mixed 700 298% 1,354 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 54.8 229% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 894 DQ Write 796 DQ Mixed 652 542% 781 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 150 141 145 148 144 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 67 SusWrite 144 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 97%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 142 146 142 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 75.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 144 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 83%
Seagate ST8000DM0004-1ZC11G 8TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 196 196 195 197 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 90%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $134	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