Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	82.8% 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	335% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 23:17
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 323 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 646 8-Core 1244 112% 945 Pts	64-Core 2,136 132% 2,136 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1591 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 102 Parallax 83.2 83% 95.6 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 97.3 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1530 1346 1325 1339 1336 1315 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 2,406 Mixed 1,940 SusWrite 1,365 466% 2,081 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 89.6 301% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,329 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 1,202 900% 1202 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$76 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 182GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 474 472 473 474 474 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 470 Mixed 400 SusWrite 473 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 40.6 132% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 338 253% 336 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 120GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9723 Write 9,009 Mixed 8,835 2,051% 9,189 MB/s	4K Read 722 4K Write 248 4K Mixed 276 1,579% 415 MB/s	DQ Read 1,631 DQ Write 802 DQ Mixed 954 778% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 127 Mixed 119 SusWrite 130 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 33.3 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 51.6 SC Mixed 33 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 120%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	544x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	405x
Core i9-10900KIntel $415Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	338x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	312x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	312x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	255x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $130Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	120x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $159Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	75x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	75x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $103Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	48x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $1,316

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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