Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	24.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	278% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 04:08
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 172 2-Core 341 107% 200 Pts	4-Core 684 8-Core 1,299 118% 992 Pts	64-Core 2,178 135% 2,178 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1341 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.2% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 31.8 22% 28.8 fps	MRender 35.6 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 32.6 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 652 657 631 656 658 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,518 Write 2,333 Mixed 1,602 SusWrite 698 399% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 81.4 271% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 1,012 DQ Mixed 1129 847% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
T-force 250GB 250GB 3,095 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 84GB free Firmware: Q0727A SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 464 465 465 464 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 469 Mixed 455 SusWrite 465 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 57.2 188% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 139 164% 286 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 1.5TB free Firmware: VB411D41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 1359 1368 1363 1361 1359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,674 Write 1,222 Mixed 1,307 SusWrite 1,361 364% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 67.9 230% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,170 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 1,016 755% 1,007 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 333%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 197 196 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 150 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 196 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 19.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 122%

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Gaming 184%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 197%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - $329

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	545x
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	431x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	267x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	302x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	179x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	107x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	91x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	38x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	33x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	30x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16