Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	52% 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	125% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210120
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '21 at 22:37
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700-$217 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 78.2 1-Core 187 2-Core 362 110% 209 Pts	4-Core 714 8-Core 1,183 116% 948 Pts	64-Core 1,694 105% 1,694 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 61.4 53% 65.2 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 54 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 792GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 469 450 465 455 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 466 Mixed 418 SusWrite 459 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 58 196% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 343 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 137%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 162 172 174 173 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 346 Write 244 Mixed 271 SusWrite 174 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 40.5 147% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 202 153% 206 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 117 119 118 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 111 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 118 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 145 148 149 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 122 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 148 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GTZR 2x16GB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 19.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 113%

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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