Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201214
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 04:49
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$98 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 800 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 3105 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.5% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 103 81% 100 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 83.2 57% 68.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1337 2064 2051 1427 752 320 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,169 Write 2,098 Mixed 602 SusWrite 1325 346% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 58.3 209% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 363 287% 401 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 488%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 25 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 184%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 197%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - $329

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	545x
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	431x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	267x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	302x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	179x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	107x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	91x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	38x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	33x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	30x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16