Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 18:03
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$125 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 783 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 83 79% 89.3 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 76.7 74% 93.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 236 97 97 109 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 394 Write 113 Mixed 347 SusWrite 172 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 30.4 117% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 168 158% 243 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW8GX4M1E3200C16 1x8GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.7 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,190x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	447x
Core i5-10600KIntel $125Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	404x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	543x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	441x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	192x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	268x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $138Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	167x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	109x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	99x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,110

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16