Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	2.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	298% 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 (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
Motherboard	Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 17:51
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	93%

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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 i9-9900K-$439 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 307 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 1,067 101% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,618 100% 1,618 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 86FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.33% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 3.35 Parallax 4.41 4% 4.03 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 2.33% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 971 894 878 859 851 835 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,555 Write 2,426 Mixed 1,802 SusWrite 881 429% 1,916 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 88.8 293% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,226 DQ Write 1,044 DQ Mixed 1,129 848% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 340%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 159 157 151 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 158 Mixed 115 SusWrite 156 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 119%

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

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $330

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $439Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,317x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,247x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	487x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	827x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	624x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	547x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	690x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	604x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	330x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	298x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	263x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	246x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,422

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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