Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	284% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 18:02
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$192 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 159 2-Core 310 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 1,065 101% 836 Pts	64-Core 1,330 82% 1,330 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

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. 23.20.16.4877 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.57 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1705 MHz, MLim: 1812 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 71 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 74 Splatting 64.5 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 507GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 1,904 Write 1,635 Mixed 1,578 380% 1,705 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 77.7 260% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 297 310% 509 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 363%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27048152 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1286097 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 81 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 65 572522529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 472 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 91929480003647 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4537237741 (F2) Unknown 100 253 904815557	87.9% Excellent	Read 189 Write 118 Mixed 118 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.27 59% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$110 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 27.5 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 105%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,429x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	93x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	92x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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