Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 07:23
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 276 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 867 85% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 116 Parallax 255 112% 170 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 161 115% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,198 Write 1,516 Mixed 1,087 353% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 70.3 225% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 30.7 DQ Mixed 6.1 9% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 148% Great: 322%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 86GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,319 Write 2,118 Mixed 1,582 446% 2,006 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 71.4 235% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 1,397 DQ Mixed 802 738% 1,121 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 202 203 205 197 202 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 128 Write 140 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 201 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 184 184 182 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 129 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 183 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 25.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,419x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	670x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	363x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	313x
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 $76Bench 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: $856

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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