Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	313% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 22:05
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 861 85% 695 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 78 Parallax 67.3 65% 74.9 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 75 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2117 701 608 608 606 607 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2505 Write 2,308 Mixed 1,601 SusWrite 874 407% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 91.7 316% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,500 DQ Write 1,251 DQ Mixed 1,329 1,008% 1,360 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 256GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 45GB free Firmware: E111008a SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 180 197 257 245 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 290 Write 178 Mixed 196 SusWrite 218 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 21.4 83% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 19.1 21% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 52%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 131 133 132 133 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 145 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 132 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%
Wilk USB DISK 3.0 8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 4GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 141 Write 25.7 Mixed 14.6 SusWrite 28 51% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 74% 6.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 109%

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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	1,424x
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 $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 $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 $269	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