Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 10:55
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	81%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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-$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 way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48% Average	Memory 26.4 1-Core 90 2-Core 182 50% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 842 70% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,133 70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 134 Parallax 133 88% 125 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 127 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 296GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,803 Write 835 Mixed 1,114 275% 1,251 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 49.6 195% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 111 123% 211 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 254%
Samsung 830 Series 250GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 232GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29160 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1995 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9372152819	72.3% Very good	Read 477 Write 248 Mixed 187 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 12.8 101% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 31.5 72% 150 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 128%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1516 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 276 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458776 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 56 42 249109545004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 740 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1714 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2122 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24 (F6) Unknown 100 100 513472	80.9% Excellent	Read 503 Write 318 Mixed 341 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 13.7 107% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 57.7 96% 182 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 Series 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 36270 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2326 (B1) Unknown 84 84 563 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34740342529	64.1% Good	Read 490 Write 181 Mixed 323 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 18.9 87% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 68.9 DQ Mixed 53.2 68% 127 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 753GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 831 (03) Spinup time 253 167 1133 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192662 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	38.4% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 66.9 Mixed 71 52% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C15K4 2x8GB 5,197 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 19.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 12.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 277 14% 277 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 99%

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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 $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 $90Bench 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 $177	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