Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220127
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '22 at 13:18
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	NAM-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12400-$152 17,352 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 84.5 1-Core 178 2-Core 344 108% 202 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 973 95% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,204 74% 1,204 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$447 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Asus(1043 05D5) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 124 Parallax 161 71% 124 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 122 104% 129 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 521GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8442105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 374 810 388 919 1501 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,162 Write 1,462 Mixed 943 SusWrite 748 243% 1,079 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 23.1 198% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 621 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 409 328% 467 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 246%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 229GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 95 95 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 89.7 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 94.9 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 603GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 72.3 Write 54.9 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 105 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 921GB free Firmware: 2BA30004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 109 109 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 103 Write 69.6 Mixed 62 SusWrite 110 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA EXTERNAL_USB 2TB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 39 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 34.7 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 38 41% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 32% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GB 58,684 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 35.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%

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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 199%

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X DDR4 - $230

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $186Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	2,435x
Core i7-12700KIntel $248Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,895x
Core i5-12600KFIntel $154Bench 109%, 40,032 samples	1,044x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,107x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	927x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $450Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	816x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	860x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $79Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	545x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	286x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	202x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	184x

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Total price: $1,492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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