Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 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	20191015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 04:56
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$98 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 696 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.31 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 114 Parallax 130 106% 124 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 125 Splatting 106 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,098 Write 7,330 Mixed 7,382 1,697% 7,603 MB/s	4K Read 636 4K Write 319 4K Mixed 356 1,589% 437 MB/s	DQ Read 1,864 DQ Write 1,344 DQ Mixed 1,404 1,103% 1537 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 85GB free Firmware: UE500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 66 72 79 66 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 429 Write 170 Mixed 259 SusWrite 101 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 18.9 77% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 42.5 48% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 410GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 170 175 175 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 155 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 174 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 8502 3000 C16 Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 23.8 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 83%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $225

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,979x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,743x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,640x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	936x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	874x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	772x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	455x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	445x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	346x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	337x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16