Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 102% 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.9% 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	115% 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	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 07:18
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 161 2-Core 320 103% 191 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,266 112% 950 Pts	64-Core 1,562 97% 1,562 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 105% 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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 164 Parallax 97.3 89% 124 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 130 Splatting 117 94% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 468 469 450 408 388 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 469 Mixed 447 SusWrite 438 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 51.1 166% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 292 237% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 740GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 465 463 465 438 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 464 Mixed 425 SusWrite 450 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 49.9 166% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 303 242% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 465 467 467 467 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 464 Mixed 408 SusWrite 464 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 48.5 160% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 281 232% 332 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 115% 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: 179 183 188 190 188 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 196 Write 205 Mixed 116 SusWrite 185 236% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 30.6 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 136%

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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	474x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	313x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	263x

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	120x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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