Gigabyte GA-Z490I AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	379% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490I AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201214
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 10:36
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 931 93% 756 Pts	64-Core 1,197 74% 1,197 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8336 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.25% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.67 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 12.1 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.25% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 884GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2316 2353 2365 2364 2271 1703 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	379% Outstanding	Read 2,533 Write 2,391 Mixed 2313 SusWrite 2,229 533% 2,367 MB/s	4K Read 67.1 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 90.1 293% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,300 DQ Write 942 DQ Mixed 1,082 819% 1108 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 379% Great: 488%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 930GB free Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2409 2410 2409 2411 2255 1737 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	385% Outstanding	Read 2,555 Write 2,408 Mixed 2,334 SusWrite 2,272 539% 2,392 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 92.4 301% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 941 DQ Mixed 1,082 819% 1,109 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 385% Great: 488%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 930GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 488 487 487 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 463 SusWrite 488 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 53.6 178% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Usb3.1 NVME&SATA 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 930GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 853 854 856 856 856 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 644 Mixed 401 SusWrite 855 129% 565 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 51.5 166% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 32.9 81% 170 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 58GB free, PID 558b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 155 156 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 194 Write 149 Mixed 104 SusWrite 155 196% 151 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.7 142% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 69%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 24GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 150 Write 25 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 24.7 57% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.3 93% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 25.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30.5 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 97%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490I AORUS ULTRA

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	234x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	99x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	78x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	106x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	80x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	78x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	103x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	47x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	30x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	27x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	27x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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