Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 10:05
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 43.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 210 66% 125 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 630 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 89.3 20% 46.2 fps	MRender 22.7 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 31.7 23% 27.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 221 212 199 184 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 411 Write 378 Mixed 354 SusWrite 216 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 39.2 140% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 332 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 879GB free Firmware: PA09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 123 125 126 123 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 125 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 187 21% 187 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 103%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,424x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	671x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	271x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	93x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16