Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.4% 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	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
Motherboard	Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '21 at 07:40
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 86.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 698 77% 610 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 83% 108 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 106 Splatting 97 81% 99 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 155 154 153 156 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 450 Write 156 Mixed 171 SusWrite 153 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 24.5 93% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 96.9 107% 184 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 122%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 238GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1465 1646 1542 1562 1632 1583 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,452 Write 1,823 Mixed 1,762 SusWrite 1,572 426% 1,902 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 60.2 201% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 522 441% 666 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 410%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 200 203 195 202 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 191 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 199 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 17,500 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 122%

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

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $350

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,310x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,239x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	485x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	825x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	622x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	546x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	689x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	602x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	330x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	297x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	263x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	245x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,407

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 $178	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