Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.9% 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	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 00:35
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$130 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 647 62% 513 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.9.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 135 Parallax 198 100% 152 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 94.1 91% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 346 337 342 343 346 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 434 Write 307 Mixed 295 SusWrite 343 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 27.7 95% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 273 224% 320 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 129%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 494GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 460 453 426 420 418 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 421 Write 403 Mixed 344 SusWrite 438 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 27.5 94% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 271 220% 313 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 157 159 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 150 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 157 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3600 2x8GB 2,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 27.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 21.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	27"	1280 720	VTK2700 GNV27DB

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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 $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	76x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	70x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $726

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