Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% 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	118% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190116
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 01:15
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 800 77% 634 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 92% 109 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 84 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 464 468 474 473 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 473 Mixed 436 SusWrite 467 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 51.4 173% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 477GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 1445 1468 1496 1492 1485 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2254 Write 1,769 Mixed 966 SusWrite 1,462 360% 1,613 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 62.7 215% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,304 DQ Write 1,286 DQ Mixed 1,170 913% 1,253 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 353%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 187 192 194 193 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 172 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 190 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 112%
WDC WD10 EFRX-68PJCN0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 529GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0 3.1 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	2.32% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 12.3 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1 9% 7.57 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.4 14% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 22%
Lexar JumpDrive 32GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 30GB free, PID 0700 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 33 34 34 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 168 Write 33.3 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 33.6 75% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 34% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 1x16GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 49%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO - $194

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,617x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,480x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,143x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	683x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	579x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	482x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	586x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	418x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	382x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	315x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	285x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	246x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $791

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