Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 16:31
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	TUN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 638 71% 558 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3250) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 86% 107 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.3 78% 96.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Team TM8PS7128G 128GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0412A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 367 Write 296 Mixed 290 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 40% 9.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 90%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 45GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 71 72 93 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 62.8 Mixed 44.9 SusWrite 73.5 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 70GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 82 89 87 86 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 78.8 Write 92.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 86.8 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27.3 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 25.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $440

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,858x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,608x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	556x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,302x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	650x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	856x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	565x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	487x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	289x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	254x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,386

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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