Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 114% UFO	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 117%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	14.8% 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	384% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '21 at 23:55
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900K-$265 44,319 User benchmarks, average bench 103% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 193 2-Core 396 120% 227 Pts	4-Core 756 8-Core 1,262 123% 1,009 Pts	64-Core 1,816 112% 1,816 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% PNY(196E 11C7) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 18.7 Parallax 18.8 15% 18.6 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 17.3 14% 17.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB 11,818 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2557 2624 2640 2656 2659 2659 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	384% Outstanding	Read 1828 Write 2,476 Mixed 1,910 SusWrite 2,632 502% 2,211 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 79.5 270% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,582 DQ Write 1,431 DQ Mixed 1,569 1,160% 1,527 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 384% Great: 492%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 378GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 396 114 159 180 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 482 Mixed 373 SusWrite 250 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 42.2 164% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 194 185% 290 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2D3600C18 4x8GB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 47.1 MC Mixed 35.1 125% 43.7 GB/s	SC Read 30 SC Write 47.6 SC Mixed 38.4 110% 38.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 135%

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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 $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	544x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	431x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	267x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	302x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	179x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $158Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,764

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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