Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89% 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	358% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 16:50
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$164 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 859 92% 734 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3139 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.8 93% 104 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 101 Splatting 89.9 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2196 2196 1471 1526 1534 1525 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	358% Outstanding	Read 2,572 Write 2,419 Mixed 1885 SusWrite 1,742 484% 2,155 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 82.5 277% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,509 DQ Write 1,305 DQ Mixed 1,300 1,004% 1,371 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 358% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 296GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 488 488 488 489 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 483 Mixed 414 SusWrite 487 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 55.3 182% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 274GB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 95.7 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 98.9 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 60%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 706GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 46 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 61.5 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 51%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 52GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 41.7 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 42.2 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 90 90 90 91 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 60 Write 61.8 Mixed 38 SusWrite 89.3 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 62%
ASMT 2115 1TB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 271GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 60 Write 60.7 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 52.9 70% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 167%
WD 5000AAD External 500GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 59GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 35 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 33 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 35.3 45% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 34.1 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 29.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $210

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $258Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,965x
Core i5-9600KIntel $164Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,721x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,632x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	931x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	868x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	768x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	452x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	442x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	399x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	334x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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