Gigabyte GA-Z490M

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% 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	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490M (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211123
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 17:49
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 817 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,026 64% 1,026 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2070 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.40 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 88% 110 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 107 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: S4200102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 344 342 349 351 352 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 345 Mixed 316 SusWrite 347 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 38.7 130% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 270 226% 325 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 130%
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 170GB free Firmware: S4200102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 345 351 350 351 352 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 346 Mixed 306 SusWrite 350 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 38.8 132% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 268 224% 324 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 26.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 109%

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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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Typical GA-Z490M Builds (Compare 1,237 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 125%

UFO

Desktop 99%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 124%

UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490M

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	175x
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	169x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	147x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	117x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	112x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	87x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	32x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	44x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	35x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $621

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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