Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	285% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 18:55
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 161 2-Core 317 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 632 8-Core 1,074 104% 853 Pts	64-Core 2,110 131% 2,110 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2249 781 779 780 782 781 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,562 Write 2,232 Mixed 1,056 SusWrite 1,025 383% 1,719 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 86.8 222% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,181 DQ Write 951 DQ Mixed 1,075 802% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 355%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$36 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 222GB free Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 69 64 151 131 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 452 Write 327 Mixed 206 SusWrite 135 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 13.2 65% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 42.2 48% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 428GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 176 178 178 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 155 Mixed 31 SusWrite 174 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 3.7 4 4 4 3.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Read 39.8 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 4 12% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4BL.M8FE1 2x8GB 4,937 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 27.4 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 32.2 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 127%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	537x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	398x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	332x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	308x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	304x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	249x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	119x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	75x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	73x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	48x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,355

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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