Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 125%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	402% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '22 at 20:19
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-13900K-$495 49,132 User benchmarks, average bench 129% U3E1, 1 CPU, 24 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Memory 75.5 1-Core 232 2-Core 465 130% 258 Pts	4-Core 925 8-Core 1,750 159% 1,337 Pts	64-Core 4,301 266% 4,301 Pts
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 135%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.3302 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 106 Parallax 11.8 9% 42.9 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 0.3 4% 5.57 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 818GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2399 2141 1180 1184 1182 1190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	402% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 2,403 Mixed 1,728 SusWrite 1546 461% 2,056 MB/s	4K Read 72.9 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 109 381% 143 MB/s	DQ Read 2,232 DQ Write 1,722 DQ Mixed 1,929 1,456% 1,961 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 402% Great: 372%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 175GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 362 362 361 362 363 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 364 Mixed 339 SusWrite 361 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.6 164% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 195 171% 253 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 60GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 101 107 101 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 494 Write 106 Mixed 163 SusWrite 105 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 16.4 110% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 28.2 64% 136 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 553GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 99 101 104 103 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 59 Write 106 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 101 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F5-6000J3040F162x16GB 2,304 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 54.7 MC Write 49.6 MC Mixed 49.3 146% 51.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 25.9 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 201%

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Gaming 214%

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 251%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ULTRA

CPU
Core i9-12900KIntel $330Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	380x
Core i7-12700KIntel $250Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	298x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $230Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	170x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	197x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	197x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	125x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	218x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	106x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	105x
Co Ltd GP-ARS32G52D5 2x16GBGIGA-BYTEBench 154%, 716 samples	89x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $1,346

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