Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	232% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201027
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 21:01
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$200 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 245 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 967 86% 730 Pts	64-Core 1,325 82% 1,325 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2693 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 131 Reflection 139 Parallax 40 107% 103 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 40 Splatting 40 51% 66.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV512HDGL-00001 512GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7210Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 1431 1207 1105 1162 1122 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,583 Write 1475 Mixed 1,003 SusWrite 1,155 293% 1,304 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.1 214% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,015 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 624 488% 689 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$137 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 997GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2374 2384 1807 1695 1694 1704 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	350% Outstanding	Read 2,562 Write 2266 Mixed 1,889 SusWrite 1943 486% 2,165 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 81.2 271% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 902 DQ Mixed 992 743% 992 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 350% Great: 435%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 183 183 186 184 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 142 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 182 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C14-8GTZ 04CD F4-3200C14-8GTZ 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 30.2 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 27.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA - $340

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $200Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	476x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	314x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	265x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	267x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	177x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $137Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	28x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,659

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16