Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% 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	222% 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	26 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 31 '21 at 21:08
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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-$224 198,859 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)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 955 86% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,335 83% 1,335 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 132 106% 135 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 40 Splatting 40 33% 40 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV512HDGL-00001 512GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7210Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 1095 1177 1104 1117 1123 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,543 Write 1330 Mixed 939 SusWrite 1,069 274% 1,220 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.6 208% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 588 463% 660 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 997GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2364 2367 1770 1696 1704 1698 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 2,557 Write 2290 Mixed 1,868 SusWrite 1,933 486% 2,162 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 81.4 271% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 1,005 753% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 435%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 182 186 185 185 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 148 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 182 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 (69^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 30.4 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 28.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	479x
Core i9-10900KIntel $399Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	317x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	267x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	270x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $455Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	179x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	75x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	29x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,671

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16