Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '21 at 23:45
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	IRQ-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 1,075 100% 831 Pts	64-Core 1,632 101% 1,632 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 2504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 143 Parallax 101 87% 117 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.2 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,527 Write 2,195 Mixed 1527 462% 2083 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 81.6 274% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 767 DQ Mixed 969 702% 914 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Kingston SA400S37 240GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 133GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 19 69 36 21 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 479 Write 412 Mixed 340 SusWrite 78.6 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 24.7 120% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 36.1 80% 158 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 481GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 138 139 138 139 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 99.6 SusWrite 138 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 300GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 84 89 87 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 74.7 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 87.1 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 173% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3200 2x8GB 16,423 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 25.4 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 26.6 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 103%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	691x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	247x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	200x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	337x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	242x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	157x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	94x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	59x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $856

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16