Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	205% 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	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 AORUS PRO
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 15:44
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700KF-$280 32,736 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,218 110% 926 Pts	64-Core 1,219 76% 1,219 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%

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: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1822 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 89% 111 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 84.6 77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 568 528 532 533 518 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,396 Write 544 Mixed 1,158 SusWrite 548 203% 911 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 73.9 252% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 904 DQ Mixed 254 352% 640 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 277%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 50GB free Firmware: S8FM05.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 196 202 202 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 499 Write 201 Mixed 217 SusWrite 198 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 21.7 99% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 68.7 77% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 84%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 110GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 131 125 126 125 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 385 Write 145 Mixed 201 SusWrite 126 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 36.2 145% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 158 120% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 82%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 284GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 152 154 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 154 80% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 393% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 28.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 29.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO - $194

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,617x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,478x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,143x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	683x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	579x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	481x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	586x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	418x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	382x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	315x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	285x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	246x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $796

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