Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics79.8% 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 Drive286% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte Z390 GAMING X
MotherboardGigabyte Z390 GAMING X  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 18 '19 at 20:54
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 32%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Memory 97
1-Core 142
2-Core 276
96% 172 Pts
4-Core 544
8-Core 710
80% 627 Pts
64-Core 688
43% 688 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 98%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Lighting 102
Reflection 93.4
Parallax 87.2
83% 94.2 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 88.6
Splatting 79.7
73% 91.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 81%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
398GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1912 791 772 758 759 755 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
286% Outstanding
Read 2,257
Write 2,214
Mixed 1,738
SusWrite 958
402% 1,792 MB/s
4K Read 58.4
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 79
258% 88.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,406
DQ Write 1,164
DQ Mixed 1,275
957% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 286%
Great: 355%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
94.7% Outstanding
MC Read 37.2
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 27.1
96% 33.6 GB/s
SC Read 21.2
SC Write 33.6
SC Mixed 27.3
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 50.4
79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 94.7%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z390 GAMING X-CF Builds (Compare 11,843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 105%
UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $756
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HDDRAMUSB
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