Gigabyte GA-Z390 GAMING SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% 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	87.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 GAMING SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180829
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 06:40
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 708 78% 616 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 90.9 75% 96.8 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 95.3 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 109 101 110 128 142 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 765 Write 140 Mixed 166 SusWrite 118 64% 297 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 23.3 106% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 645 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 88.4 144% 293 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 133%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB 12,662 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 356GB free Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1229 715 787 913 360 340 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 1,310 Mixed 1,305 SusWrite 724 329% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66.4 234% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 796 DQ Mixed 1,157 812% 1,030 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 330%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 354GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 109 109 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 126 Write 71.7 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 109 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 82GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 164 164 163 165 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 109 Mixed 84 SusWrite 163 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 182GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 60 62 61 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 96.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 61.1 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 97%

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

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 GAMING SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	367x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	315x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	106x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	91x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	78x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	46x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

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