Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.3% 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	229% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
Motherboard	Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 17:21
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 184 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 478 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 91% 111 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.3 80% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1129 799 808 807 811 786 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,961 Write 2,008 Mixed 1,632 SusWrite 856 362% 1,614 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.2 220% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 597 DQ Mixed 728 530% 693 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 297%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 437GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1178 835 819 823 844 838 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,951 Write 1,926 Mixed 1,643 SusWrite 890 360% 1,602 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.9 180% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 581 DQ Mixed 723 517% 662 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 297%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 1,946 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 4.4 1.9 3.2 4.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Read 17 Write 10.3 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 3.7 13% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.2 77% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 2x16GB 2,155 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 95%

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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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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $350

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,310x
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 $92Bench 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: $1,407

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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