Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '24 at 21:59
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 83 1-Core 148 2-Core 249 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 999 93% 777 Pts	64-Core 1,528 95% 1,528 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 407B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 114 Parallax 134 105% 126 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 86.7 85% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 466GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1180 906 870 903 860 901 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 1,895 Mixed 1,482 SusWrite 937 379% 1,699 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 52.4 177% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 824 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 274 255% 414 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 372%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 140GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 109 107 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 108 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$131 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 8TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 219 219 224 223 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2D3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2D3200C16 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 23: 0P 3R 1G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
23%	43%	21	216	59	240	27"	1920 1017	AUS278F VG279QM

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	299x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	140x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	134x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	158x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	89x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $102Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	24x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,340

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16