Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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	568% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 91% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211001
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 22:52
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	91%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12600KF-$155 40,032 User benchmarks, average bench 109% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 76.1 1-Core 195 2-Core 391 114% 221 Pts	4-Core 783 8-Core 1375 130% 1,079 Pts	64-Core 1,906 118% 1,906 Pts
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% MSI(1462 5021) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.1.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 141 Parallax 251 99% 172 fps	MRender 230 Gravity 121 Splatting 154 135% 168 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 859GB free (System drive) Firmware: 614600WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 3850 4222 4240 4234 2524 1749 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	568% Outstanding	Read 3,575 Write 4,183 Mixed 2977 SusWrite 3,470 802% 3,551 MB/s	4K Read 78 4K Write 302 4K Mixed 116 426% 165 MB/s	DQ Read 1,970 DQ Write 1,726 DQ Mixed 1,851 1,387% 1,849 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 568% Great: 573%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB 7,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3467 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 48.6 MC Write 47.7 MC Mixed 41.5 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 88 45% 88 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 208%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 229%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $228Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,059x
Core i5-12600KIntel $184Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	875x
Core i9-12900KIntel $331Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	556x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	588x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	488x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	428x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $89Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	576x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	98x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	94x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	92x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,227

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