Gigabyte GA-Z490M GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490M GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	23 Days
Run Date	May 06 '24 at 02:31
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 942 90% 742 Pts	64-Core 1421 88% 1421 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8795) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 77.7 68% 83.5 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 65.8 62% 77 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 7,232 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,942 Write 476 Mixed 677 223% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.1 193% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 588 439% 587 MB/s
Poor: 182% Great: 389%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 820GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 446 431 407 477 471 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 359 Mixed 402 SusWrite 429 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 43.9 145% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 18.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 117%

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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	70	58	30	65"	1280 720	SNYC803 SONY TV *02

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490M GAMING X

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	239x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	153x
Core i7-10700Intel $229Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	124x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	152x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	118x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	88x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	51x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	47x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	33x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	48x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $815

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $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 $44	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