Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.6% 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	282% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
Motherboard	Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '20 at 00:28
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 270 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 772 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 1,100 68% 1,100 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 83.5 80% 90.2 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 78.7 75% 93.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1621 1639 1693 1658 1637 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,404 Write 1,943 Mixed 1,016 SusWrite 1,628 390% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 58 183% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,199 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 273 299% 535 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 393%
Seagate ST12000DM0007-2GR116 12TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 228 228 227 225 223 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 93%
WD WD141KRYZ-01C66B0 14TB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 11TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 252 239 227 247 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 239 Write 241 Mixed 144 SusWrite 244 159% 217 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 3.1 587% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 137%
WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$221 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01H02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 192 193 197 197 183 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 181 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 191 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.1 278% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Seagate ST12000DM0007-2GR116 12TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 675GB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 222 225 229 227 227 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 97%

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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 - $350

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,311x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,239x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	485x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	826x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	622x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	546x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	689x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	603x
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	297x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	263x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	245x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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