Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 115% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '21 at 00:09
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 881 82% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,305 81% 1,305 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3908) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	133% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 201 Parallax 200 173% 204 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 150 Splatting 0 81% 114 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 685 252 222 213 185 170 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 117GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 320 204 151 134 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 502 Write 435 Mixed 366 SusWrite 231 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 30.3 110% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 173 141% 210 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 247GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 430 411 443 432 410 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 224 Mixed 302 SusWrite 430 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 37.9 127% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 150 129% 199 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 126%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 635GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 85 88 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 133 Write 117 Mixed 104 SusWrite 87.3 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,178x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	438x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	400x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	536x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	436x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	189x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	105x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	97x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,028

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 $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