Gigabyte GA-B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 115%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.42% 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.
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 91% 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-B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '22 at 08:26
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	91%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12600K-$182 101,563 User benchmarks, average bench 109% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Memory 79.9 1-Core 208 2-Core 416 121% 235 Pts	4-Core 799 8-Core 1,356 131% 1,077 Pts	64-Core 1,836 114% 1,836 Pts
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 117%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	8.42% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 10.9 8% 11.6 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 13 Splatting 10.4 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.42% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB 15,095 User benchmarks, average bench 369% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 613200WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,926 Write 3,859 Mixed 2,701 709% 3,162 MB/s	4K Read 80.5 4K Write 337 4K Mixed 119 453% 179 MB/s	DQ Read 2,365 DQ Write 1955 DQ Mixed 2,128 1,602% 2,150 MB/s
Poor: 234% Great: 494%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 132GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 137 141 138 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 92.9 Write 96.3 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 138 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 109%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 9GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 22 21 21 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 19.5 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 21.2 34% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 25% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 1x16GB 779 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3467 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 67%

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

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Gaming 171%

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 174%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $182Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	257x
Core i7-12700KIntel $228Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	220x
Core i5-12400FIntel $134Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	119x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	121x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	118x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	115x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	113x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	68x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	52x

RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	36x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	33x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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