Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER
MotherboardGigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190807
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJan 28 '20 at 15:56
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900K-$409
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
98.8% Outstanding
Memory 94.5
1-Core 152
2-Core 292
99% 180 Pts
4-Core 552
8-Core 1,140
99% 846 Pts
64-Core 1,591
98% 1,591 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 98.8%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Zotac(19DA 6527) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.8% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 117
Parallax 108
96% 114 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 94.5
Splatting 83.8
83% 105 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Optane+477G 512GB
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 17.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 634 629 646 696 59 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 94%
Seagate ST8000NE0011-1YG112 8TB
5TB free
Firmware: EN01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 211 211 216 207 208 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 141%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
54GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 71 72 72 72 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
48.9% Average
Read 99
Write 96
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 71.1
61% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 48.9%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4X8GD3200C16K4 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.7% Good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 25
MC Mixed 19.1
67% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 26.3
SC Mixed 22.8
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 58.5
68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z390 AORUS MASTER-CF Builds (Compare 8,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 152%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 151%
UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $440

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $1,385
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