Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190313
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '23 at 09:34
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$180 746,287 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 (81^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 826 80% 660 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 107% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 119 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-af Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 667 Write 600 Mixed 526 133% 598 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 49.6 173% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 277 229% 324 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 140%
HP 1205GB MLC PCIe ioDrive2 for ProLiant Servers 1TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 559GB free Firmware: 7.1.17 rev 116786 Public Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 791 793 710 707 665 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 872 Write 886 Mixed 738 SusWrite 743 182% 810 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.3 200% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 280 296% 477 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 226%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 391GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 152 153 152 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 103 103 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 102 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 95%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,430x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	673x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	271x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	316x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	100x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	93x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	133x
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: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16