Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '19 at 11:41
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 237 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 570 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.5% Good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 81 Parallax 71.5 73% 80.8 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 73.4 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 259 253 260 265 259 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,000 Write 462 Mixed 348 SusWrite 264 114% 519 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.2 206% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 60.6 DQ Mixed 151 177% 328 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.4 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $227

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,971x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,728x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,634x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	934x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	871x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	770x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	453x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	337x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $777

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