Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	78.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180829
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '21 at 09:34
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 310 92% 172 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 844 92% 728 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.9 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 97 Splatting 86.1 75% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08L1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 244 Write 208 Mixed 159 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 18.4 69% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 22.1 32% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 58GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 121 120 118 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 117 Write 109 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 119 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-2400 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 56: 10R 2G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
56%	60%	20	106	2	144	27"	1920 1080	AUS27AF VG278

History: Score 40: 3R 5G 10B | Score 56: 10R 2G 0B

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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 - $225

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,973x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,732x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,637x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	936x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	871x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	770x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	454x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	444x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	337x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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