Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.3% 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	288% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 09:54
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 155 2-Core 290 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 1,034 93% 782 Pts	64-Core 2,039 126% 2,039 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 97 Parallax 88.4 81% 94.8 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 76.1 71% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1428 1465 1454 1449 1446 1465 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,222 Write 2,051 Mixed 1,585 SusWrite 1,451 410% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 70 227% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 826 629% 864 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 322 322 321 322 313 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 462 Mixed 399 SusWrite 335 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 47.2 154% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 327 247% 331 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 619GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 184 185 180 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 68.7 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 180 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 234 225 232 229 229 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 116 124 127 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 125 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 123 154% 113 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 98%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 113 Write 101 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 79.9 117% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 56%
ST3000DM 003-1F216N 3TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 81 81 82 81 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 80 124% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 106%

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

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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	477x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	317x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	266x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	269x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	178x
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 $128Bench 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: $1,677

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16