Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	219% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181030
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 725 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 61 55% 65.4 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 54.3 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 693 390 382 376 370 360 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,908 Write 1,598 Mixed 628 SusWrite 428 253% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 59 230% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,061 DQ Write 1,034 DQ Mixed 854 695% 983 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 254%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 173GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 268 269 269 268 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 428 Write 268 Mixed 302 SusWrite 267 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.7 138% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 186 167% 253 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 220GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 114 SusWrite 95.2 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 76%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 111 111 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 122 Write 111 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 110 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 62.2 Write 94.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 96.8 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 170% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 93%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 5GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 91.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 52.3 97% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

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 $95Bench 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