Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '21 at 07:49
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 959 95% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,598 99% 1,598 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 159 Parallax 150 101% 144 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 134 Splatting 123 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,705 Write 2,213 Mixed 1,428 468% 2,115 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 75.6 261% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,132 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 998 748% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 270GB free Firmware: 611100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 2518 2517 1759 996 998 1008 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2,607 Write 2,402 Mixed 2,268 SusWrite 1,633 500% 2,227 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 83.2 292% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,421 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 1,334 991% 1,315 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 573%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 147 153 152 153 146 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 97.3 Write 132 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 147 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 4x8GB 20,502 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 32.5 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 30.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%

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

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	298x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	140x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	131x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	158x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	89x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	41x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	24x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,355

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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