Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210120
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '21 at 03:19
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10500-$140 10,180 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 776 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 978 60% 978 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.2% Very good	Lighting 89.7 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 80.1 73% 85.2 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 69.9 68% 84.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 186 134 138 95 59 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 375 Write 317 Mixed 333 SusWrite 140 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 35.1 130% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 9.9 66% 155 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 150%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,510x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	753x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	742x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	772x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	630x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	561x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	421x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	363x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	276x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	146x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

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