Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 17:08
Run Duration	99 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 683 74% 586 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 100 1043 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (A6) Unknown 100 100 366 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 421 (A9) Unknown 100 100 109 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 415 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 257698037803 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3931 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37923 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15953 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11452	57.2% Above average	Read 505 Write 168 Mixed 157 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 3.24 83% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 3.25 28% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 378GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 167 1891 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 726 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6301 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 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 0	75.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 127 Mixed 124 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.31 112% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,422x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	670x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	270x

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 $76Bench 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 $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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $844

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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