Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.5% 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	282% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 13:54
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 162 2-Core 308 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 644 8-Core 1,233 112% 938 Pts	64-Core 2,075 128% 2,075 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 108% 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: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1832 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 137 Parallax 87.7 79% 107 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.1 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% 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% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1543 1381 1345 1329 1252 1212 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,573 Write 2,113 Mixed 1,764 SusWrite 1,344 436% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 67.1 217% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,224 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 243 286% 530 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$76 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 264GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 444 439 442 439 445 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 444 Mixed 379 SusWrite 442 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 33.1 111% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 168 137% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 116GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,199 Write 5,768 Mixed 6,400 1,576% 7,122 MB/s	4K Read 657 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 102 1,168% 279 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 172 217% 413 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 128 130 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 147 Write 121 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 128 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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 42.2 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 33.4 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 51.9 SC Mixed 33.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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