Gigabyte GA-Z390 GAMING SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	261% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 GAMING SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200916
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 10:51
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 720 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 159 Parallax 158 128% 158 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 139 Splatting 124 120% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 12,308 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1737 1062 1061 1047 1051 1046 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,234 Write 2,350 Mixed 1,560 SusWrite 1,167 358% 1,578 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 73 251% 93.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,535 DQ Write 1,287 DQ Mixed 1,382 1,043% 1,401 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 303%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GB 18,615 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 142GB free Firmware: E8FK11.C SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 222 222 219 217 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 773 Mixed 672 SusWrite 268 136% 603 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 46 160% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 662 DQ Mixed 572 459% 645 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 248GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 458 461 450 421 421 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 496 Write 463 Mixed 420 SusWrite 443 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 48.8 161% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 303 242% 339 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 87%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 126 125 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 123 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 125 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 109%

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Gaming 104%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 96%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 GAMING SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	367x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	316x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	231x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	106x
RTX 2080Nvidia $394Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	92x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	78x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	70x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	53x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	46x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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