Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ELITE-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '22 at 14:46
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 602 70% 546 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 111 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 49.5 90% 77 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 39 Splatting 58 43% 51.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,355 Write 4,477 Mixed 4,480 1,062% 4,770 MB/s	4K Read 419 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 234 1,017% 269 MB/s	DQ Read 1366 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 475 475% 788 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Nvme CT2000P 2TB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 1.5TB free Firmware: P4CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1269 1581 1569 1520 1224 1230 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1177 Write 275 Mixed 1,416 SusWrite 1,399 240% 1,067 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 52.2 168% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1140 DQ Write 758 DQ Mixed 889 679% 929 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 359%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 234GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 435 435 423 357 364 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 399 Mixed 372 SusWrite 399 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 40.6 134% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 327 246% 331 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 134%
Nvme CT1000P 1TB 6,019 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 342GB free Firmware: P3CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 687 96 94 90 70 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,307 Write 1,216 Mixed 954 SusWrite 186 204% 916 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 56.3 188% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 273 320% 552 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 299%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 875GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 149 148 148 147 148 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 167 Write 141 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 146 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 113%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 583GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 118 100 116 120 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 99.3 Write 104 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 113 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 104%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 35GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 33 58 22 17 22 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 124 Write 21.4 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 29.7 58% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3 217% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 20.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 97%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,854x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,709x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,080x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	483x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	453x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	375x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	307x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	207x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	192x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	158x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $792

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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