Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 09:48
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 88.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 780 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6911 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.06 0% 6.54 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	73% Very good	Lighting 136 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 111% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Fujitsu MHX2250BT 250GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0040000C SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 3.1 8 24 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 16.5 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 13.3 10% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 60% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 21%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 134 131 131 132 128 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 168 Write 170 Mixed 104 SusWrite 137 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%

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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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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	1,422x
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