Gigabyte GA-Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 116%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.45% 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	589% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 94% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '22 at 14:45
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	94%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700K-$242 78,749 User benchmarks, average bench 114% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Memory 79.4 1-Core 207 2-Core 409 120% 232 Pts	4-Core 816 8-Core 1551 141% 1,184 Pts	64-Core 2,385 148% 2,385 Pts
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 19,750 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1273 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 9.8 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 11.4 8% 12 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 4 Splatting 13.1 6% 7.03 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 1TB 9,353 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.F.46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4743 4693 4778 4608 4578 3634 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	589% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 4447 Mixed 2,735 SusWrite 4,506 796% 3,493 MB/s	4K Read 88.5 4K Write 310 4K Mixed 137 474% 178 MB/s	DQ Read 2,209 DQ Write 1,217 DQ Mixed 1856 1,342% 1,760 MB/s
Poor: 276% ↑ This bench: 589% Great: 606%
Jmicron Generic 500GB 2,959 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 105GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 66 67 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 47.3 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 67 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,803 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.9 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	75	24"	1920 1009	SAM0F5E S24D332

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Gaming 208%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4

CPU
Core i7-12700KFIntel $230Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	76x
Core i5-12600KFIntel $155Bench 109%, 40,032 samples	52x
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	49x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	62x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	50x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	42x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 95%, 56,114 samples	13x
KF3600C18D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 96%, 12,541 samples	10x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBTeamBench 91%, 12,641 samples	8x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,054

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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