Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
Boot Drive	91.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 21:34
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 736 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 195 Parallax 194 145% 189 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 389 389 389 394 404 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 326 Mixed 275 SusWrite 388 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 32.5 122% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 249 196% 273 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 117%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 674GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 126 134 128 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 124 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.4 283% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 138%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 36 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 36.9 48% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1 178% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3600C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3600C17-8GTZR 04CD F4-3600C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3600C17-8GTZR 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 19 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 114%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,423x
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 $90Bench 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 $273	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