Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 14:53
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,228 106% 908 Pts	64-Core 1,763 109% 1,763 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 89% 112 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 85.8 77% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,573 Write 2,376 Mixed 1539 480% 2,163 MB/s	4K Read 68.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 86 293% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,320 DQ Write 989 DQ Mixed 1,110 842% 1,140 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 789GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1521 1523 1532 1518 1531 1519 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 1,498 Write 1,558 Mixed 1,073 SusWrite 1,524 318% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 73.9 250% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 961 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 306 398% 716 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 282%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 213GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2328 752 750 754 777 776 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	324% Outstanding	Read 2,690 Write 2475 Mixed 1,665 SusWrite 1,023 439% 1,963 MB/s	4K Read 72 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 95.4 310% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,433 DQ Write 1,119 DQ Mixed 1,235 935% 1,262 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 324% Great: 340%
Elecgear NV-C01 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 784GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 397 398 397 398 397 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.2% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 395 Mixed 371 SusWrite 397 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 43.5 143% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 214 156% 201 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 93%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 128 128 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 124 Mixed 118 SusWrite 127 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,799 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 31.7 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $396

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,863x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,609x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	556x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,303x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	650x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	857x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	566x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	487x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	289x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	254x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,342

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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