Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 115%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 115%
UFO
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics121% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC  (all builds)
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20211123
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 19 '23 at 14:49
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User SAU-User
Background CPU7%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
97.7% Outstanding
Memory 90.6
1-Core 146
2-Core 292
96% 176 Pts
4-Core 562
8-Core 972
93% 767 Pts
64-Core 1,533
95% 1,533 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.7%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
Gigabyte(1458 402D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
121% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 158
Parallax 155
130% 158 fps
MRender 188
Gravity 138
Splatting 120
118% 149 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 121%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,489
Write 2,173
Mixed 1,549
460% 2,071 MB/s
4K Read 60.8
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 78
263% 91 MB/s
DQ Read 1,102
DQ Write 843
DQ Mixed 993
737% 979 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB
929GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 57 51 52 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 177
Write 159
Mixed 98.3
SusWrite 54.2
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 990GB
922GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 57 55 51 54 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
64.9% Good
Read 171
Write 142
Mixed 90.1
SusWrite 54.7
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.6% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 21.5
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 32.2
SC Mixed 24.2
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE AC Builds (Compare 3,584 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $1,116
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