Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	175% 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '22 at 15:18
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 as expected (45^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 798 75% 621 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 128 104% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 201 199 201 198 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,825 Write 1133 Mixed 471 SusWrite 257 202% 922 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 46.7 169% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 945 DQ Write 622 DQ Mixed 681 535% 749 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 236%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 19GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,402 Write 2,222 Mixed 1,535 456% 2,053 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 68.8 221% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 895 646% 843 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 36GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 253 257 262 261 260 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 487 Write 200 Mixed 246 SusWrite 256 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 35.7 128% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 174 143% 204 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 581GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 110 107 109 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 73.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 108 63% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 15GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 157 141 147 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 150 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 155 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 915GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 118 117 119 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 50.5 Write 91 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 118 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 217% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 90%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 159GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 87.7 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 76.7 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 157% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 24.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 108%

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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	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 $45Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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