Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 114% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 122%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '22 at 00:57
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	94%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700KF-$230 70,812 User benchmarks, average bench 114% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 204 2-Core 410 124% 236 Pts	4-Core 793 8-Core 1,624 142% 1,209 Pts	64-Core 2,493 154% 2,493 Pts
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 99.8 Parallax 91.5 84% 98 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 77.7 72% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 38GB free Firmware: M6CR052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 116 73 63 77 91 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 495 Write 430 Mixed 410 SusWrite 120 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 0.5 74% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 24.5 67% 138 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 92%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,765 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,326 334% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 275 4K Mixed 85.6 337% 138 MB/s	DQ Read 855 DQ Write 1,397 DQ Mixed 786 691% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 228%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 3x4GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 209%

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Desktop 115%

UFO

Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $228Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,517x
Core i5-12600KIntel $182Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	1,003x
Core i9-12900KIntel $327Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	683x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	627x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	455x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	432x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	447x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	315x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	233x

RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	175x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	146x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	111x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,236

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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