Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% 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	26.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 05:15
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 774 84% 665 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 94.7 Parallax 85.5 85% 94.9 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 80.9 74% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 3.3 41 9.2 5.2 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.9% Poor	Read 206 Write 121 Mixed 117 SusWrite 27.1 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 11.5 51% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 29.1 DQ Mixed 40.3 30% 39.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 56%
WDC WDBA3V0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 5,585 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 926GB free Firmware: 211070WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 824 819 821 822 822 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1537 Write 1,679 Mixed 1,329 SusWrite 940 308% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 70.1 242% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1058 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 1033 758% 995 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 274%
WDC WDBA3V0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 5,585 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 931GB free Firmware: 211070WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1558 824 822 822 825 823 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,545 Write 1647 Mixed 1,397 SusWrite 946 311% 1,384 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 71.1 245% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,228 DQ Write 1,024 DQ Mixed 1,113 837% 1,121 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 274%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 93 92 94 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 95.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 92.4 113% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 23.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 25.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 116%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $210

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,968x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,723x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,632x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	933x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	868x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	768x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	452x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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	335x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

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