Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 2.0
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 00:47
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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 (21^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 192 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 715 65% 549 Pts	64-Core 1054 65% 1054 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 41 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 44 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2792110010	68.4% Good	Read 494 Write 196 Mixed 268 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 17.1 89% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 58 90% 173 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 126%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3TB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 106 (03) Spinup time 157 157 42975494638 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 83 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 193274773549 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.9% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 99.4 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 66%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 145 145 21490762008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1059 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1185 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 201864577067 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	113% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 190 Mixed 174 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.26 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x8GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 7.7 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 109%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 86%

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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 $261	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