Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% 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	231% 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.

CPU throttled at 95% 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.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211217
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 13:33
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	95%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700K-$250 78,749 User benchmarks, average bench 114% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 73.9 1-Core 194 2-Core 381 112% 216 Pts	4-Core 655 8-Core 1,229 112% 942 Pts	64-Core 2153 133% 2153 Pts
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Gigabyte(1458 4086) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 352 52% 175 fps	MRender 350 Gravity 252 Splatting 76.9 169% 226 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 816GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8J41100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1667 1283 865 821 873 719 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 1,791 Mixed 1,227 SusWrite 1,038 316% 1,402 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 36.1 202% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 1,153 DQ Mixed 592 572% 892 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 246%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 162 157 163 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 106 Write 139 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 160 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$95 56,114 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3467 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 39.7 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 123%

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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%

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Desktop 115%

UFO

Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $250Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,520x
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	1,004x
Core i9-12900KIntel $330Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	685x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	628x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	456x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	432x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	448x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	315x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	233x

RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	178x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	146x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	111x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $979

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