Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 158% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	156% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	274% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210128
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 12:54
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 607 8-Core 1,066 101% 836 Pts	64-Core 1645 102% 1645 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	156% Outstanding	Lighting 231 Reflection 202 Parallax 209 189% 214 fps	MRender 213 Gravity 148 Splatting 139 133% 167 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A7T25A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1399 1737 824 1048 942 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2551 Write 1,847 Mixed 1,369 SusWrite 1,074 381% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 71.7 240% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 726 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 448 406% 617 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 291%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 206 203 205 205 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 160 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 206 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 19.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	684x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	246x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	200x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	334x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	241x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	156x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	94x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	59x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $771

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