Gigabyte GA-Z390 DESIGNARE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 141% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z390 DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 22:28
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900-$1,989 11,853 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 297 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 1,158 103% 871 Pts	64-Core 1,626 101% 1,626 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 99%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3081) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 170 Parallax 171 147% 174 fps	MRender 206 Gravity 160 Splatting 113 125% 160 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 139%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.8% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 71.1 60% 74.6 fps	MRender 77.4 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 62.8 56% 70 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 350GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 836 827 839 839 837 720 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,363 Write 930 Mixed 872 SusWrite 816 222% 995 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 75.3 267% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 860 DQ Mixed 221 276% 470 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 209%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 667GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 78 119 121 138 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 160 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 110 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 103 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 25.4 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 29.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 115%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 DESIGNARE-CF

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	960x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	285x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	108x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	106x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	104x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	97x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	165x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	137x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	89x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	46x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	41x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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