Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 112%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	117% 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	279% 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	12.8 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 26 '20 at 04:18
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th 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-$220 198,859 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)	112% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 168 2-Core 335 109% 201 Pts	4-Core 674 8-Core 1,233 114% 954 Pts	64-Core 1,814 112% 1,814 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 112% 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: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 138 Parallax 140 125% 144 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 116% 146 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% 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% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 718 426 426 425 421 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,664 Write 2,266 Mixed 1,584 SusWrite 471 388% 1,746 MB/s	4K Read 68.9 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 94.7 322% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,015 DQ Write 948 DQ Mixed 1,037 763% 1,000 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 302%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 49GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 471 399 342 431 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 468 Mixed 405 SusWrite 423 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.2 188% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 110 150% 275 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% 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: 1344 1433 1433 1447 1445 1396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,570 Write 98.4 Mixed 166 SusWrite 1,416 179% 813 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 38.8 215% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 739 DQ Write 1,039 DQ Mixed 493 484% 757 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 252% 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)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 53.2 MC Write 50.6 MC Mixed 35.9 133% 46.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 53 SC Mixed 37.5 111% 38.8 GB/s	Latency 41.2 97% 41.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 131% 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 $220Bench 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 $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $148Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 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: $1,682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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