Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	96.2% 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	92% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 39.1 1-Core 90 2-Core 187 55% 105 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 809 69% 590 Pts	64-Core 1,555 96% 1,555 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 155 Parallax 190 92% 152 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 162 Splatting 114 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 221 222 219 225 237 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 370 Mixed 280 SusWrite 230 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 40.2 143% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 144 161% 274 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 16GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 439 Mixed 359 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 56.7 188% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 350 263% 351 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 204GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 315 331 353 356 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 452 Write 394 Mixed 237 SusWrite 343 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 32.5 126% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 125 129% 214 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 237GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 84.5 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 92.5 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 262GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 99.4 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C18 2x8GB 1,410 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.9 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 6.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 207 19% 207 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 130%

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

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $380

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,865x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,609x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	556x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,303x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	650x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	857x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	566x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	487x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	289x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	254x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,321

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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