Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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	76.1% 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	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 03:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$276 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 295 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 1,034 97% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,867 116% 1,867 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 103 Parallax 93 79% 97.7 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 83.4 70% 86.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 34 33 34 31 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 468 Write 107 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 37.7 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 27 112% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 73.1 85% 156 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 14 13 14 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Read 4.3 Write 16 Mixed 13 SusWrite 13.1 9% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.1 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 44 27 31 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 48 Write 51.5 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 36.1 28% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 185 180 180 183 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 102 Write 58.3 Mixed 68 SusWrite 180 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 168 173 176 175 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 18,141 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 31.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 29.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 126%

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

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	297x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	140x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	131x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	158x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	89x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	41x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	24x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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