Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	147% 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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 19:15
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 885 76% 650 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 238 Parallax 241 159% 225 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 191 Splatting 144 158% 200 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 207GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 453 409 335 333 401 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 368 Write 322 Mixed 328 SusWrite 377 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 34.4 113% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 285 224% 309 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 364GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 440 454 338 356 383 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 267 Mixed 354 SusWrite 351 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 38.7 126% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 348 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 128%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0 16 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 70.7 Write 16.7 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 14.6 30% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 40: 5R 3G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
40%	38%	37	107	6	240	27"	1920 1080	DELA147 Dell AW2720HF

History: Score 37: 5R 1G 9B | Score 0: 0R 0G 0B | Score 40: 5R 3G 6B

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,178x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	438x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	400x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	536x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	436x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	189x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	105x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	97x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,023

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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