Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 17:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$431 172,580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 174 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 998 99% 788 Pts	64-Core 1,465 98% 1,465 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$698 166,494 User benchmarks, average bench 117% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 513 Reflection 438 Parallax 494 135% 482 fps	MRender 388 Gravity 430 Splatting 242 124% 353 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 131%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$70 25,061 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 291 260 288 243 217 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 488 Write 316 Mixed 230 SusWrite 264 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 24.2 99% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 81.7 68% 102 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 117%
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 192GB free Firmware: SVN263 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 220 222 223 222 220 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 426 Write 214 Mixed 204 SusWrite 221 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 35.5 128% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 112 110% 174 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 39,127 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 124 128 128 128 126 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 127 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 519,597 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 151 153 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 172 Mixed 81 SusWrite 151 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 115%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 127,451 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 135 136 136 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 130 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 132 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$135 10,937 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 107%

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Desktop 136%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $167

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $199Bench 96%, 132,254 samples	3,040x
Core i7-9700KIntel $370Bench 99%, 189,978 samples	2,243x
Core i9-9900KIntel $431Bench 99%, 172,580 samples	1,084x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 212,455 samples	1,154x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 84%, 165,508 samples	937x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 110%, 153,565 samples	845x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $125Bench 293%, 123,540 samples	632x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $100Bench 273%, 180,742 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $91Bench 106%, 316,355 samples	475x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples	731x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 226,313 samples	588x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 85%, 123,414 samples	399x

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Total price: $1,016

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $56

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16