Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	258% 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 03:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 79.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 716 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 103 Parallax 96.5 90% 103 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1265 1432 1463 1510 1499 1411 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,343 Write 1460 Mixed 1,018 SusWrite 1430 296% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 73.2 248% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 924 DQ Mixed 311 399% 710 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 282%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 123GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 296 298 298 298 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 448 Mixed 370 SusWrite 311 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.2 195% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Intel Optane+3.6TBHDD 19 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 16.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 162 165 168 159 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.5% Very poor	Read 146 Write 148 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 161 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 120%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 336GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 81 83 83 81 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 99 Write 99 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 81.7 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 95%

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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