Gigabyte GA-Z390 DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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	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 Z390 DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181012
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 12:01
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$100 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 228 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 508 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.7% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.84 6% 9.15 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 302 301 306 307 311 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 307 Mixed 286 SusWrite 303 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 34.5 136% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 235 192% 274 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 129%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1309 320 305 304 303 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,591 Write 1,418 Mixed 574 SusWrite 474 225% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 55.7 208% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 1,292 DQ Mixed 734 680% 1037 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 236%
Seagate ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 10.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 237 236 240 239 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 236 Mixed 107 SusWrite 238 150% 205 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.1 274% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 135%
Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017)-$150 40 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 11TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 245 243 248 247 246 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 24% Great: 86%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 521GB free Firmware: 0604 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 39 41 41 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 35.1 Write 36.3 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 36.8 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 87%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.3 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 4.7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 6.2 10% 9.28 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 67% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 DESIGNARE-CF

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	959x
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	285x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $292Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	108x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	106x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	104x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	97x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	165x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	137x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	89x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	46x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	41x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $874

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 $46

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