Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.39% 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	205% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	57.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 22:28
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,118 102% 857 Pts	64-Core 1,587 98% 1,587 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% 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)	6.39% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 9 5% 8.6 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 8 Splatting 12.2 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPELKX020T8 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: VCV10352 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1370 1337 1353 1359 1364 1363 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 622 Write 1,349 Mixed 798 SusWrite 1,358 235% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 45.8 188% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 832 DQ Write 991 DQ Mixed 840 653% 888 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 219%
Blackbox Plus 2TB 358GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 465 465 295 284 280 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 41.8 Write 19.5 Mixed 27 SusWrite 21.9 34% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 5.1 433% 6.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 35%
General USB Flash Disk 248GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 214GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 10 28 38 0.2 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 258 Write 104 Mixed 131 SusWrite 24.9 147% 130 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 5.8 714% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 14.1 DQ Mixed 8.8 851% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x31.5GB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 27 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 104%

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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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,188x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	446x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	404x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	542x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	440x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	192x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	267x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	166x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	108x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	99x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16