Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 114% UFO	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 126%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.95% 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	362% 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.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220915
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '22 at 01:06
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-13700K-$345 41,056 User benchmarks, average bench 126% U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 223 2-Core 443 130% 251 Pts	4-Core 884 8-Core 1,629 150% 1,257 Pts	64-Core 3,110 192% 3,110 Pts
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 131%

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)	6.95% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 427 Parallax 11.8 9% 150 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.1 4% 5.07 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.95% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 19,971 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 701GB free (System drive) Firmware: EIFM31.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3034 1547 1109 1149 1329 1275 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2158 Write 3,479 Mixed 2,107 SusWrite 1,574 527% 2,329 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 221 4K Mixed 91.2 311% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 2,080 DQ Write 1,690 DQ Mixed 1,944 1,439% 1,904 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 438%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F5-6600J3440G162x16GB 1,035 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 6600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	182% Outstanding	MC Read 78.1 MC Write 68.4 MC Mixed 68.7 205% 71.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 49 SC Mixed 31.6 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 221%

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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 291%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 346%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $230

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $345Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,360x
Core i9-13900KIntel $495Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	1,919x
Core i5-13600KIntel $274Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	987x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $657Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,355x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	1,287x
RTX 4080Nvidia $720Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	965x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	1,228x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	845x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $190Bench 460%, 45,230 samples	558x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	780x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	694x
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G162x16GBGBench 186%, 14,947 samples	555x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,400

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