Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '22 at 00:00
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 862 91% 730 Pts	64-Core 871 54% 871 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 250 16 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(1DA2 E26A) 2GB Driver: 21.5.1 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	8.53% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12 Parallax 17.3 9% 13.4 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 13.1 Splatting 8.5 8% 9.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.53% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 65 71 64 63 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 310 Mixed 339 SusWrite 90.9 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 33.1 150% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 177 162% 244 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 56 56 56 56 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 417 Write 359 Mixed 280 SusWrite 88.9 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 24.2 127% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 136 130% 199 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 928GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 180 184 185 183 184 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 181 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler Duo 32GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 24GB free, PID 173c Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 0.5 0.8 1 0.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 59.2 Write 1.7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 0.9 12% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 20.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 90%

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Gaming 144%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,867x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,717x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,085x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	512x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	485x
RTX 3080Nvidia $898Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	457x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	377x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	307x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	207x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	192x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	158x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16