Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 21:01
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 302 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 1071 101% 837 Pts	64-Core 1,567 97% 1,567 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.28% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 9.9 Parallax 8.9 5% 8.3 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 8 Splatting 11.7 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 452GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 332 335 337 368 369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 449 Write 391 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 321 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 0.4 24% 8.13 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 23.2 DQ Mixed 0.5 10% 25.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 100%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 931GB free Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1018 1013 1030 1033 1157 1152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 1,100 Mixed 871 SusWrite 1067 215% 947 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 16.9 57% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 47.3 35% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 299%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 282GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 13 12 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 67.9 Write 10.7 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 12.3 20% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 27.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 28 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 120%

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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-Z490 GAMING X

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	685x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	246x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	200x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	334x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	242x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	156x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	94x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	59x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $768

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 $179	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