Gigabyte GA-Z490M GAMING X

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	213% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490M GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 16:26
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 39.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 59% 114 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 759 70% 584 Pts	64-Core 1,406 87% 1,406 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$39 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 353 312 324 326 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,254 Write 1,026 Mixed 1,042 SusWrite 360 258% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 58.8 197% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 791 DQ Mixed 968 702% 912 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 912GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 213 210 217 199 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 157 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 209 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G36C16U4B.M8FB1 1x16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 13.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 6 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 205 20% 205 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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-Z490M GAMING X

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	239x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	153x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	124x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	151x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	118x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	88x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	51x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	46x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	33x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	48x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $806

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16