Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	146% 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	210% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '21 at 02:19
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 134 58% 95.5 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 360 36% 296 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 200 Parallax 200 172% 204 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 151 Splatting 134 129% 162 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 624GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 1037 1038 1002 983 1002 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1855 Write 1,816 Mixed 1,371 SusWrite 986 338% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 64.5 187% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 437 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 421 298% 382 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 3,875 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 21 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 129%

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

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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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,183x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	442x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	403x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	540x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	437x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	192x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	264x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	165x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	107x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	98x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,111

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16