Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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.
Boot Drive	288% 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	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 (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 01:36
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 498 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 148 Parallax 144 117% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1098 1226 1220 1160 1079 1074 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,132 Write 1,178 Mixed 637 SusWrite 1,143 282% 1,272 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 69 256% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,509 DQ Write 932 DQ Mixed 903 758% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 292%
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 87GB free Firmware: X232112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 270 268 268 270 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 467 Write 261 Mixed 204 SusWrite 266 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 30.3 116% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 122 126% 210 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 13GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 141 143 144 143 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 832 Write 141 Mixed 236 SusWrite 140 73% 337 MB/s	4K Read 216 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 129 543% 147 MB/s	DQ Read 875 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 247 248% 423 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 245%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 638GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 185 186 187 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 110 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 185 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 27.9 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%

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Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	396x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	183x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	102x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	31x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 81%, 84,291 samples	25x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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