Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	316% 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210823
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 19:02
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$270 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 172 2-Core 338 108% 200 Pts	4-Core 642 8-Core 1,061 104% 851 Pts	64-Core 1,659 103% 1,659 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3518 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 111 Reflection 2.1 Parallax 48.9 90% 53.9 fps	Splatting 86.2 89% 86.2 fps
Poor: 80% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1913 845 795 800 795 796 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,531 Write 2,318 Mixed 1,830 SusWrite 991 429% 1,918 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 89.9 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,497 DQ Write 1,181 DQ Mixed 1291 979% 1,323 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 355%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 814GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2179 2188 2182 2154 2178 2197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	373% Outstanding	Read 1,828 Write 2,191 Mixed 1925 SusWrite 2,180 460% 2,031 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 94 333% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1621 DQ Write 1,269 DQ Mixed 1,412 1,066% 1,434 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 373% Great: 365%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 346GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 118 117 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 72%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 154 154 153 156 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 156 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 154 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 214% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-16GVK 2x16GB 2,044 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 52.3 MC Write 49.2 MC Mixed 37.2 132% 46.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 35.4 102% 35.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 137%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,511x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	753x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	744x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	773x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	630x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	561x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	421x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	364x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	276x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	146x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $774

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 $40	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