Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 132% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.7% 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	254% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '19 at 15:30
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-9600K-$200 71,337 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	1-Core 142 2-Core 280 100% 211 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 760 85% 653 Pts	64-Core 797 54% 797 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$270 56,891 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3274 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 324 Reflection 251 Parallax 286 85% 287 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 286 Splatting 189 81% 238 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$50 8,433 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 261 263 263 264 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,569 Write 1,074 Mixed 1,198 SusWrite 300 282% 1,285 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 84.4 286% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 1,134 DQ Mixed 484 505% 817 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Series 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 33GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 83 85 76 69 69 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 493 Write 417 Mixed 341 SusWrite 105 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 31.6 141% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 170 154% 232 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$80 75,436 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 201GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 90 90 91 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 72.2 Write 69.5 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 90.5 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 86%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$138 10,164 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 487GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 141 140 141 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 158 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 139 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 97%
WD 15EADS External 1.5TB 884 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 222GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 34.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 37.7 47% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 7,297 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 24.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 93%

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

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Gaming 108%

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Desktop 135%

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Workstation 111%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $369Bench 99%, 114,038 samples	1,171x
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 94%, 71,337 samples	976x
Core i9-9900KIntel $475Bench 99%, 119,406 samples	881x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 160,592 samples	500x
RTX 2080Nvidia $650Bench 122%, 119,856 samples	484x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 134%, 422,679 samples	450x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 274%, 146,800 samples	332x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 296%, 64,964 samples	274x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 234,510 samples	206x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	277x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 87%, 148,947 samples	242x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $85Bench 87%, 97,991 samples	210x

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Total price: $957

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24