Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210823
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 11:44
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700E 28 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 919 84% 705 Pts	64-Core 1309 81% 1309 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 2184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.6% Good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 75.8 70% 83.7 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 71.9 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 282 281 227 301 281 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,680 Write 801 Mixed 1,043 SusWrite 297 211% 955 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 46.6 151% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 73.3 DQ Mixed 439 323% 446 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 244%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 183 182 180 183 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 144 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 175 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C17-8GVK 2x8GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 19.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $235Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,513x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	759x
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	747x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	774x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	632x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	565x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	422x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	365x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	277x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	147x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $842

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16