Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 117% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 117%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	470% 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	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.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '23 at 09:53
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$340 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 way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Memory 74.7 1-Core 220 2-Core 442 125% 246 Pts	4-Core 850 8-Core 1,543 144% 1,197 Pts	64-Core 3,120 193% 3,120 Pts
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 131%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(1DA2 E423) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 89.2 53% 72.6 fps	MRender 50.7 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 37.9 41% 51.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3153 3344 3297 1557 657 660 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	470% Outstanding	Read 3082 Write 3,448 Mixed 3,078 SusWrite 2,111 660% 2,930 MB/s	4K Read 89.8 4K Write 254 4K Mixed 122 426% 155 MB/s	DQ Read 2,177 DQ Write 1,687 DQ Mixed 1,907 1,434% 1,924 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 470% Great: 442%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 923GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 174 175 172 171 170 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 170 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 173 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF556C36-16 1x16GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 26 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 100%

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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 $340Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,361x
Core i9-13900KIntel $518Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	1,923x
Core i5-13600KIntel $273Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	990x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $651Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,357x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	1,290x
RTX 4080Nvidia $720Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	967x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	1,231x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	845x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $189Bench 460%, 45,230 samples	559x

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	556x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,389

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