Gigabyte GA-Z790 GAMING X AX

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 123%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	9.22% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	386% 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	16GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z790 GAMING X AX (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230331
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '23 at 15:48
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$330 41,056 User benchmarks, average bench 126% U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Memory 80.1 1-Core 220 2-Core 439 126% 246 Pts	4-Core 889 8-Core 1,617 150% 1253 Pts	64-Core 2,966 184% 2,966 Pts
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 131%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4369 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	9.22% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 119 Parallax 11.9 9% 47.2 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 11.5 10% 13 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.22% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$85 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2766 1936 785 803 808 801 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 2,727 Write 3,102 Mixed 2,817 SusWrite 1,316 561% 2,491 MB/s	4K Read 75.9 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 111 371% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 2,006 DQ Write 1,670 DQ Mixed 1,833 1,374% 1,836 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 442%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 136GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1904 792 555 557 557 558 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,081 Write 1,770 Mixed 822 SusWrite 820 306% 1,373 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 246 4K Mixed 68 308% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 1,363 DQ Mixed 892 757% 1,091 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 254%
Toshiba HDWD260 6TB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5TB free Firmware: KQ000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 171 168 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 171 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 168 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.6 268% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 755GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 91 88 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 88.9 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF556C40-16 1x16GB 674 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 99%

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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 GA-Z790 GAMING X AX

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $330Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	642x
Core i9-13900KIntel $462Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	385x
Core i5-13600KIntel $260Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	380x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $774Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	433x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,650Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	346x
RTX 4080Nvidia $970Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	329x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	341x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $160Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	196x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 460%, 45,230 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	191x
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G162x16GBGBench 186%, 14,947 samples	135x
KF560C36-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 178%, 10,381 samples	120x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,209

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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