Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 114%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics116% 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 Drive325% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 21 '20 at 02:53
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU6%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Memory 90.3
1-Core 149
2-Core 270
94% 170 Pts
4-Core 566
8-Core 1,015
95% 790 Pts
64-Core 1,642
102% 1,642 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
116% Outstanding
Lighting 154
Reflection 145
Parallax 141
126% 147 fps
MRender 180
Gravity 127
Splatting 103
108% 137 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 116%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128 128GB
29GB free
Firmware: T871202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 133 131 136 132 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Read 489
Write 433
Mixed 377
SusWrite 143
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 69.8
4K Mixed 46.6
153% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 146
160% 272 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 91%
Great: 90%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92
634GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1796 1650 1646 1643 1645 1521 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
325% Outstanding
Read 2,527
Write 2,330
Mixed 1822
SusWrite 1,650
467% 2,082 MB/s
4K Read 60.9
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 79.7
267% 92.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,097
DQ Write 730
DQ Mixed 943
696% 923 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 325%
Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
213GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 114 113 114 114 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
78% Very good
Read 159
Write 119
Mixed 65.7
SusWrite 113
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 78%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.8% Average
MC Read 14
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 11.5
38% 13.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 15
SC Mixed 14.2
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 40.8%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE Builds (Compare 1,196 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 178%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 177%
UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,352
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