Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.2% 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z390 M GAMING
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 14:35
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 289 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 880 84% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2304) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15.1 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.2 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 76 79 80 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 456 Write 83.5 Mixed 124 SusWrite 78.7 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 22.3 92% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 98 80% 116 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 121%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 150GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 478 477 481 446 358 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 448 Mixed 368 SusWrite 453 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 43.7 164% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 348 258% 340 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 290GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 481 480 330 81 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 326 Mixed 413 SusWrite 321 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.7 176% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 349 261% 347 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 249GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 481 481 485 417 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 466 SusWrite 438 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53 192% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 342 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 266GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 93.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 90.6 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 54%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 952GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 126 Write 128 Mixed 91 SusWrite 125 159% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 13,628 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 5 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	718x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	706x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	465x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	261x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	184x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	178x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	113x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	108x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	100x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	107x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	63x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

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 $179	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