Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 157% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% 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	247% 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 ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 03:19
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$442 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 322 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,288 110% 946 Pts	64-Core 2,166 134% 2,166 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 201 Parallax 189 149% 191 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 192 Splatting 132 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 297 310 310 309 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,424 Write 1,466 Mixed 1,316 SusWrite 349 307% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 79.6 271% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,025 DQ Mixed 1,004 754% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 280%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 915GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 279 276 142 152 26 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 456 Write 377 Mixed 323 SusWrite 206 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 15.4 70% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 29.9 44% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 58%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 474GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 478 484 486 485 486 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 484 Mixed 343 SusWrite 483 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 41 150% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 276 226% 325 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 120%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 196 190 190 197 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 160 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 192 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,513 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 30.4 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 46.3 SC Mixed 31.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 131%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	476x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	313x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	264x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	266x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	177x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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