Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	118% 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	275% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 14:15
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$230 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 98.9 1-Core 169 2-Core 335 109% 201 Pts	4-Core 658 8-Core 1,219 112% 939 Pts	64-Core 1,828 113% 1,828 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 136 Parallax 155 124% 148 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 140 Splatting 109 117% 148 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$39 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 405 398 399 398 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,664 Write 2,265 Mixed 1,568 SusWrite 453 387% 1,738 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 93.1 312% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,015 DQ Write 942 DQ Mixed 1,036 761% 997 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 302%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 49GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 467 421 430 432 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 468 Mixed 406 SusWrite 422 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.9 185% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 110 150% 275 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 147GB free Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1497 1485 655 151 187 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1494 Write 1,480 Mixed 1,046 SusWrite 688 264% 1,177 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 38.9 235% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 743 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 497 475% 737 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 248%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 54.4 MC Write 52.1 MC Mixed 36.5 136% 47.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 53 SC Mixed 37.5 111% 38.8 GB/s	Latency 41.5 96% 41.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 117%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA - $340

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	476x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	314x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	265x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	267x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	177x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	28x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16