Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 16:53
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$141 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 707 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7682 Write 7,096 Mixed 7,065 1,625% 7,281 MB/s	4K Read 549 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 255 1,263% 334 MB/s	DQ Read 1,214 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 688 561% 817 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 131%
WDC WD8004FRYZ-01VAEB0 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 166 170 175 170 168 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 215 Write 217 Mixed 102 SusWrite 171 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 1.4 10% 4.5 MB/s	DQ Read 4.7 DQ Write 5.3 DQ Mixed 4.2 3% 4.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 28%
Kingston RBU-SC152S37128GG2 128GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 108GB free Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 198 198 198 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 506 Write 197 Mixed 235 SusWrite 198 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 34.4 131% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 132 133% 217 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 456GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 184 182 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 176 Mixed 121 SusWrite 183 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 28.5 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 28.3 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 120%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA - $340

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	477x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	317x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	266x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	269x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	178x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	28x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,677

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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