Gigabyte GA-Z390 M-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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System	Gigabyte Z390 M
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 M-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '20 at 18:58
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 276 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 703 77% 612 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 90.3 81% 92.8 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 80.2 76% 95 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 12,504 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001b31 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 241 Write 461 Mixed 24.7 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.9 149% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 249 203% 290 MB/s
Poor: 76% Great: 244%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 68GB free Firmware: VB411D41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 1005 314 11 9.2 7.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,386 Write 1,116 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 361 271% 1,232 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 66.2 223% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 818 DQ Mixed 817 610% 805 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 273%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 238GB free Firmware: VB411D41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 970 990 1007 1006 959 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,335 Write 1,004 Mixed 1,034 SusWrite 984 296% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 66.2 222% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 798 601% 799 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 273%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 99GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 157 188 164 217 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 394 Write 269 Mixed 296 SusWrite 192 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 40.4 149% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 220 170% 230 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 22.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 97%

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Gaming 109%

UFO

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 M-CF

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	204x
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	189x
Core i5-9600KFIntel $180Bench 93%, 65,122 samples	184x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	78x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	78x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	75x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	33x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	33x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	30x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 80%, 7,088 samples	30x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16