Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.5% 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	367% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 01:45
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (56^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)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 173 2-Core 324 105% 195 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 943 92% 753 Pts	64-Core 1,119 69% 1,119 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D); GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 113 Parallax 117 102% 119 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.1 86% 108 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 14,499 User benchmarks, average bench 395% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 614900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3235 2050 960 678 616 512 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	367% Outstanding	Read 3,463 Write 3,490 Mixed 2,732 SusWrite 1,342 618% 2,757 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 78.3 286% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1550 DQ Write 1,115 DQ Mixed 1,307 983% 1,324 MB/s
Poor: 228% ↑ This bench: 367% Great: 595%
Seagate ST4000NC001-1FS168 4TB 999 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: CN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 172 168 169 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 75 SusWrite 170 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 4x8GB 2,651 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 36.3 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 31.3 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%

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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%

UFO

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 $184Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	1,003x
Core i9-12900KIntel $335Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	683x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	627x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 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	314x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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