Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220328
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '22 at 22:53
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900K-$330 66,991 User benchmarks, average bench 117% U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 79.5 1-Core 166 2-Core 249 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 666 8-Core 1,121 109% 894 Pts	64-Core 2627 163% 2627 Pts
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (101 fps cap detected)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 100 Parallax 101 83% 101 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 0.2 46% 64.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 199 195 199 199 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 488 Write 298 Mixed 223 SusWrite 201 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 26 110% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 60.2 54% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 111%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 132GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 70 71 70 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 69.5 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 70 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 65%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 176GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 103 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 121 Write 111 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 103 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 4800 C40 2x16GB 3,747 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	MC Read 66.3 MC Write 63.6 MC Mixed 60 181% 63.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 164%

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

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Gaming 214%

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 251%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i9-12900KIntel $330Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	953x
Core i7-12700KIntel $242Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	529x
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	300x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	337x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	253x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	253x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	373x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	206x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	142x

RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	595x
KF552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 155%, 10,661 samples	180x
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	174x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $1,347

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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