Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 210% UFO	Desktop 126% UFO	Workstation 253% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 130%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	165% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	368% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '23 at 20:30
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	130% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 228 2-Core 455 133% 257 Pts	4-Core 910 8-Core 1,792 160% 1,351 Pts	64-Core 3,273 203% 3,273 Pts
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 131%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 245 Reflection 218 Parallax 211 200% 225 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 164 Splatting 134 144% 182 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 720GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1275 1825 1873 1820 1787 1800 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 2,113 Write 2,079 Mixed 1,988 SusWrite 1,730 446% 1,977 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 87.6 299% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 2,147 DQ Write 1,703 DQ Mixed 1314 1,150% 1,721 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 435%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 191GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 151 153 148 145 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 86.8 Write 85.2 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 148 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX5M2D6000C36 2x16GB 5,760 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 6400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	MC Read 86 MC Write 78.6 MC Mixed 74.9 228% 79.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 52 SC Mixed 35 106% 37.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 200%

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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 $340Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,361x
Core i9-13900KIntel $511Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	1,924x
Core i5-13600KIntel $273Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	992x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $651Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,358x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	1,291x
RTX 4080Nvidia $720Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	969x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	1,231x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	845x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $190Bench 460%, 45,230 samples	560x

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 $295	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