Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13% 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	81.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 16:51
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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 i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 234 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2321) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 19.8 13% 16.9 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 14.2 Splatting 17.2 13% 15.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 106 82 83 83 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 474 Write 167 Mixed 322 SusWrite 139 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 34.4 141% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 180 159% 235 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 104GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 424 415 414 414 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 422 Mixed 382 SusWrite 424 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 52.9 174% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 120 155% 279 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 127%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 138 131 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 126 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 137 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 256GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 64 65 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 49.5 Write 48.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 66.4 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 95%

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

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $227

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,971x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,727x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,633x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	934x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	871x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	770x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	453x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	337x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16