Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '24 at 11:43
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 as expected (46^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 1,023 96% 798 Pts	64-Core 1,448 90% 1,448 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.2% 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 (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 169 Parallax 159 144% 168 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 137 Splatting 114 116% 146 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD ZP500GM30001 500GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 129GB free Firmware: STOSC014 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,868 Write 2282 Mixed 1,710 438% 1,953 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.3 219% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 1,203 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 863 654% 895 MB/s
Poor: 122% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 29GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 327 368 330 239 227 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 435 SusWrite 312 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 58.3 193% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 101GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 143 141 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 186 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 141 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 74 67 98 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 116 Write 130 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 83.3 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.2% 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 below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	27.2"	1280 720	BNQ7F7E BenQ EX2710

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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	479x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	317x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	266x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	269x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 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	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $155Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	75x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	28x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,671

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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