Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

Performance Results


Gaming 338% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 362% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	335% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	311% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '23 at 23:30
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$255 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,146 104% 875 Pts	64-Core 2,000 124% 2,000 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4090-$1,800 25,956 User benchmarks, average bench 370% Nvidia(10DE 165B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3345 MHz, MLim: 5499 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	335% Outstanding	Lighting 502 Reflection 557 Parallax 799 409% 619 fps	MRender 508 Gravity 587 Splatting 293 362% 462 fps
Poor: 303% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 407%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$90 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2270 1049 980 997 991 1012 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,476 Write 2,312 Mixed 2,252 SusWrite 1,217 463% 2,064 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 88.6 291% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,209 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 1,042 782% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 442%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 153GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1760 1599 1599 1604 1583 1115 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,495 Write 1,742 Mixed 1,834 SusWrite 1,543 426% 1,904 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 82.6 275% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,294 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 1,090 817% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 435%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$146 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 135 136 139 131 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 208 Mixed 67 SusWrite 136 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 11,505 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 31.8 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 51.2 SC Mixed 32.2 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 136%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	538x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	404x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	336x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	311x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	307x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	252x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	120x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	75x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $102Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	48x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,342

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16