EVGA Z590 DARK

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	152% 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	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	EVGA Z590 DARK (all builds)
Memory	54.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210722
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '23 at 22:15
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900K-$254 44,319 User benchmarks, average bench 103% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 156 2-Core 252 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 490 53% 422 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3767) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 203 Parallax 194 185% 208 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 149 Splatting 133 126% 157 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 4.6 4.9 5.6 271 377 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 372 Write 297 Mixed 281 SusWrite 111 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 11.4 67% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 35.2 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1273 1311 1290 1389 1542 1819 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,561 Write 1364 Mixed 1,347 SusWrite 1,437 322% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 54.2 195% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,459 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 1,303 959% 1,267 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 435%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 168 166 167 163 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 143 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 164 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C18-32GVK 2x31.5GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 41.1 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 29 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 127%

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Typical Z590 DARK Builds (Compare 109 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 207%

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Desktop 108%

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Workstation 209%

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Motherboard: EVGA Z590 DARK

CPU
Core i9-11900KIntel $254Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	55x
Core i7-11700KIntel $230Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	11x
Core i9-10900KFIntel $255Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	10x

GPU
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	30x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	7x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	9x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-4400C16-8GVK 2x8GBGBench 121%, 39 samples	9x
Skill Intl F4-4600C18-8GTRS 2x8GBGBench 107%, 22 samples	8x
Skill Intl F4-4266C17-16GTRSB 2x16GBGBench 134%, 42 samples	5x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,020

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16