Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% 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	163% 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 (11%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220127
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '22 at 19:36
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	NAM-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 88.1 1-Core 175 2-Core 330 106% 198 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 957 90% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,204 74% 1,204 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$464 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Asus(1043 05D5) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 95 Reflection 137 Parallax 191 77% 141 fps	MRender 206 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 165 127% 156 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8442105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1156 829 86 519 280 289 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,150 Write 1,197 Mixed 915 SusWrite 526 213% 947 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 23.2 187% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 618 DQ Write 814 DQ Mixed 408 394% 613 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 246%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 206GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 86 85 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 86.3 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 69%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 233GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.2 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 85.3 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 645GB free Firmware: 2BA30004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 96 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 68.2 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 96.4 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 136GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 34 35 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 32.6 Mixed 24.4 SusWrite 34.9 43% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 41%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 36.5 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% 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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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X DDR4 - $230

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $182Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	2,435x
Core i7-12700KIntel $228Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,897x
Core i5-12600KFIntel $155Bench 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 $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	817x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	861x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	545x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,488

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