Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.98% 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	271% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 10:19
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 152 2-Core 276 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 902 93% 751 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8336 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 10 Parallax 8.8 5% 8.23 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 11.8 8% 9.9 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 994 993 994 994 995 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,030 Write 2,258 Mixed 1,703 SusWrite 1,053 396% 1,761 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 71.7 250% 93.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,261 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 1,094 815% 1,088 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 297%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 298GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 93 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 92.5 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 93.3 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 204 213 213 209 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 173 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 208 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
Multiple Card Reader 32GB 2,863 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 19GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 23.5 Write 24.8 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 25.3 34% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 5.1 326% 5.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,178x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	438x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	400x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	536x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	436x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	189x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	105x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	97x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,028

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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