Gigabyte GA-Z590 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 114%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.5% 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	364% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 13:15
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$270 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Memory 89.6 1-Core 179 2-Core 378 113% 216 Pts	4-Core 743 8-Core 1,248 121% 996 Pts	64-Core 1750 108% 1750 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 126 Parallax 109 90% 115 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 92.9 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 876GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1961 2079 1333 1168 1183 1200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	364% Outstanding	Read 2,542 Write 2,427 Mixed 1,407 SusWrite 1,487 440% 1,966 MB/s	4K Read 69.2 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 99.1 339% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,653 DQ Write 1,342 DQ Mixed 1,466 1,106% 1,487 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 364% Great: 372%
Vaseky V800/256G 256GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 225GB free Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 423 423 425 425 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 397 Mixed 362 SusWrite 426 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 23.6 137% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 29.4 73% 148 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 190 193 193 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 183 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 188 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 297GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 115 113 112 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 112 Write 79.7 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 112 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 4 3.9 3.9 4 4.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	5.25% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 16.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 3.8 17% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.25% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GIGA-BYTE Co Ltd GP-ARS16G44 2x8GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 21.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 146%

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Desktop 104%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 GAMING X

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	811x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	603x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	345x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	507x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	434x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	188x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	156x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	161x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	111x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $764

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