Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.9% 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	186% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190116
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '20 at 14:42
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 531 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 107 Parallax 123 96% 116 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 115 Splatting 94.1 96% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 734 573 570 555 554 536 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,796 Write 1,459 Mixed 1,123 SusWrite 587 277% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 45.9 161% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 702 512% 666 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 340%
T-force 1TB 1TB 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 153GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 341 378 339 343 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 377 Write 354 Mixed 344 SusWrite 331 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 33.2 105% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 123 147% 256 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 129%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 87 81 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 81.5 Write 98.2 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 82.2 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 93%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 64GB 1,861 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 57GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.8 6.4 6.1 9.4 12 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.06% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 7.1 10% 9.32 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.06% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 104%

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

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $227

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,971x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,728x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,634x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	934x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	871x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	770x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	453x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	337x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $777

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