Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180829
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 735 80% 632 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 128 Parallax 123 101% 125 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 120 Splatting 99.7 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 447 Mixed 349 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 28.8 118% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 179 164% 249 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 91%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 77GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 402 387 411 402 406 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 440 Mixed 384 SusWrite 397 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 52 160% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 256 203% 283 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 73GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 106 116 118 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 120 Mixed 72 SusWrite 113 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 887GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 174 174 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 148 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 173 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $210

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,967x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,723x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,632x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	933x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	868x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	768x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	452x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	335x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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