Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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	96.1% 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	116% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	58.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '21 at 17:09
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 84.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 321 101% 188 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,246 111% 941 Pts	64-Core 1,576 98% 1,576 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 132 Parallax 121 99% 125 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 126 Splatting 115 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 457 468 442 402 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 466 Mixed 447 SusWrite 436 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 52.7 170% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 293 238% 336 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 740GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 461 463 443 427 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 467 Mixed 427 SusWrite 443 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 50.6 168% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 294 237% 335 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2TB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 463 467 470 469 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 461 Mixed 405 SusWrite 463 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 49.2 164% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 281 232% 332 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 187 190 189 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 197 Write 201 Mixed 113 SusWrite 185 233% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C18-32GTZR 2x31.5GB 2,368 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 25.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 136%

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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 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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	476x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	313x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	264x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	266x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	177x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 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 $114Bench 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: $1,695

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