Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.7% 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	43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
Motherboard	Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 00:26
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 1,037 100% 824 Pts	64-Core 1,271 79% 1,271 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.8 84% 104 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 97 Splatting 85.1 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 66 70 66 73 79 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 402 Write 82.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 70.6 32% 149 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 16.8 66% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 24.4 28% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 53%
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 41GB free Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,195 Write 1,382 Mixed 1,411 367% 1,662 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 78.8 258% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 1,293 DQ Write 786 DQ Mixed 986 749% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 296%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 151 151 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 148 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 150 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 44.1 91% 44.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 120%

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

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $300

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,309x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,239x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	485x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	825x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	622x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	546x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	689x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	602x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	330x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	297x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	263x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	245x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,360

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 $15	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