Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	293% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 06:32
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 584 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 156 83% 115 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 118 Splatting 124 92% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1936 810 810 819 821 821 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,462 Write 2,186 Mixed 1,827 SusWrite 1003 418% 1,870 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 75.1 265% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,130 DQ Write 1,186 DQ Mixed 1,296 937% 1,204 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2342 2350 2345 1810 1488 1478 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 2,453 Write 2,238 Mixed 1,847 SusWrite 1,969 478% 2,127 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 82.3 267% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,457 DQ Write 1,383 DQ Mixed 1,432 1,072% 1,424 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 435%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 578GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 149 149 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 136 Mixed 96.7 SusWrite 148 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 20 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 20 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 109%

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Gaming 152%

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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	4,860x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,608x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	556x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,303x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	650x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	856x
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: $1,339

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