Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 05:49
Run Duration	618 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 74.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 95% 179 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 741 86% 666 Pts	64-Core 1,251 77% 1,251 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1480) 1.5GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 24.7 18% 27.5 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 27.2 23% 28.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-ab Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 681 Write 486 Mixed 409 116% 525 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 24.2 137% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 55.1 102% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 140%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 868GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 136 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 98 (C2) HDA temperature 102 98 41 (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	68.2% Good	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 868GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 1 26542451 (02) Throughput performance 118 100 161 (03) Spinup time 117 100 17192648901 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 324 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 29229658 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 93 93 524287 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1431802 (BC) Unknown 97 62 306 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 421789732 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 350 (C2) HDA temperature 166 150 193274314788 (C4) Reallocation count 85 85 457 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.9% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 117 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 76%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$60 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 479GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 143 1191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2305 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 47245362553 (BE) vendor-specific 65 38 498838536227 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1990 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 340756 (C2) HDA temperature 108 81 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1376 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 119 Mixed 117 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 41%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 479GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4437431 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 21679994902 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7954 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032842 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 32 17382438928425 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 703 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 157893 (C2) HDA temperature 41 68 64424509481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 42 4437431 (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 126220498904354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3910497732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3913519851 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	79.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 120 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 51%
ST332062 0NS 640GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 595GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.3% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 40.5 Mixed 13 37% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.36 55% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%
IT1172 USB Flash Disk 134GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 125GB free, PID 1172 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.67% Terrible	Read 12.1 Write 2.78 Mixed 4.05 6% 6.31 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 5% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.67% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x16GB 1,727 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 48%

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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 $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 $499Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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