Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	310% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '21 at 16:35
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,110 103% 861 Pts	64-Core 1,661 103% 1,661 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 79 Parallax 71.1 61% 74.9 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 62.2 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1978 974 816 817 814 815 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,605 Write 2,414 Mixed 1,763 SusWrite 1,036 437% 1,954 MB/s	4K Read 65.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 89.1 297% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,266 DQ Write 977 DQ Mixed 1134 845% 1,126 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 355%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 507GB free Firmware: T0929A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 54 14 134 10 90 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 513 Write 452 Mixed 398 SusWrite 126 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 30.3 140% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 0.4 70% 166 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 101%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 155 155 156 155 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 155 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 0GB free, PID 0cc7 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 19.4 Write 19.9 Mixed 19.6 26% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 25.2 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 29.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,180x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	441x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	401x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	538x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	437x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	191x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	262x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	163x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	106x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	98x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16