Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 170% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 175% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	164% 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	158% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '22 at 11:25
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,201 107% 902 Pts	64-Core 1,628 101% 1,628 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3767) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3538 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Lighting 248 Reflection 225 Parallax 218 202% 231 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 166 Splatting 147 137% 171 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 675GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1002 458 481 483 484 482 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,350 Write 1,557 Mixed 319 SusWrite 565 212% 948 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 43.5 151% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 531 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 436 348% 487 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 129 131 134 129 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 132 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 184 192 190 197 197 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 172 172 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 127 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 172 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.4 418% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 30.7 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

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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	1,187x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	444x
Core i5-10600KIntel $130Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	404x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	540x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	440x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	192x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	267x
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 $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	108x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	99x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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