Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING WIFI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING WIFI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING WIFI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 22:22
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 296 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 939 89% 739 Pts	64-Core 1248 77% 1248 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 108% 133 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,918 Write 1,385 Mixed 553 282% 1,285 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 57.3 210% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,199 DQ Write 1,015 DQ Mixed 654 614% 956 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 529GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 88 88 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 83 Write 83.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 88.8 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 57%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 193 194 195 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 162 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 194 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Dynex SDXDUSB Reader 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 59GB free, PID 0716 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 17.5 Write 17.3 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 17.5 24% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 3.7 259% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 27.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 110%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 100%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	348x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	125x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	73x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	57x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	54x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	23x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	17x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $845

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16