Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 17:06
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$399 292,441 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 98% 174 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 935 95% 751 Pts	64-Core 1,472 99% 1,472 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 816,196 User benchmarks, average bench 106% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 151 111% 145 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 143 Splatting 125 113% 130 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$65 318,790 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 2,554 Write 2,187 Mixed 1,287 445% 2,009 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 79.6 255% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 702 DQ Mixed 755 582% 798 MB/s
Poor: 196% Great: 319%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$34 106,510 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 430 Write 416 Mixed 284 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 21.3 70% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 24.4 23% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 87%
WD Blue 3D 2TB-$200 880 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 644GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 293 335 273 349 478 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 250 Mixed 357 SusWrite 360 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 31.3 138% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 121 117% 180 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 117%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$115 49,217 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 79 79 66 83 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 150 Write 151 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 78.7 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 11,287 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 118%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 111%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 98%, 322,370 samples	2,134x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 292,441 samples	1,488x
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 94%, 248,401 samples	1,262x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 387,435 samples	792x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 137%, 639,553 samples	544x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,264Bench 173%, 247,718 samples	519x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 286%, 234,923 samples	398x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $149Bench 327%, 192,281 samples	300x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 273%, 318,790 samples	297x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 396,183 samples	315x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 84%, 195,086 samples	267x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	209x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16