Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

12 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 29 '23 at 17:48
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700F 70 User benchmarks, average bench 98% , 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 83.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 960 92% 760 Pts	64-Core 1,449 90% 1,449 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3972) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 160 Parallax 158 141% 164 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 133 Splatting 114 114% 143 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD ZP500GM30001 500GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 45GB free Firmware: STOSC014 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,802 Write 2235 Mixed 1,658 426% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64 212% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 926 684% 908 MB/s
Poor: 122% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 28GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 481 Mixed 424 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 55.7 185% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 351 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 29GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 126 127 126 125 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 191 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 126 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 100 103 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 135 Write 142 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 98.9 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 105%

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

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA - $340

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	481x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	318x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	271x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	270x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,135Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	179x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	100x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $159Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	75x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	29x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,323

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