Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81.6% 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	128% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200519
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 17:43
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$279 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 160 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 1,120 104% 864 Pts	64-Core 2,009 124% 2,009 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 88.5 85% 96.3 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 78.5 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB 12,662 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 802GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 852 535 960 496 532 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,015 Write 482 Mixed 498 SusWrite 669 148% 666 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 28.4 93% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 370 284% 390 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 330%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 848GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 483 484 483 485 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 447 SusWrite 482 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 57.4 189% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 355 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$34 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 208 211 220 218 220 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 61.6 Write 75.6 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 215 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 106%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 132 132 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 136 Mixed 96.7 SusWrite 132 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.8 286% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2D3600C18 04CB DDR4 3600 029E CMK16GX4M2D3600C18 04CB DDR4 3600 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 114%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,185x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	444x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	404x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	540x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	438x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	192x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	266x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	165x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	108x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	98x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16