Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.67% 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	289% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 04:06
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11600K-$180 43,966 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 76.9 1-Core 185 2-Core 343 106% 202 Pts	4-Core 735 8-Core 1,134 116% 935 Pts	64-Core 1,360 84% 1,360 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 15,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 15 Parallax 11 7% 11.6 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 0.1 6% 7.97 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB 933 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1712 1793 1752 1714 293 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 1484 Write 1,921 Mixed 1,611 SusWrite 1,253 354% 1,567 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 89.4 301% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,466 DQ Write 1210 DQ Mixed 1,202 937% 1,293 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 321%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 451 446 440 441 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 450 Mixed 430 SusWrite 418 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 58.1 197% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 343 258% 346 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 1x8GB 323 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 68%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 144%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	138x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	70x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	68x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	97x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	76x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	70x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	23x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	17x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

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 $177	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