Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81% 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	318% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 18:21
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 161 2-Core 321 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 647 8-Core 1,268 113% 957 Pts	64-Core 2,179 135% 2,179 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1832 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 138 Parallax 87.9 80% 108 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.4 82% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1654 1467 1475 1467 1465 1419 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	318% Outstanding	Read 2382 Write 2,372 Mixed 1794 SusWrite 1,491 452% 2,010 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 80.3 261% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,282 DQ Write 992 DQ Mixed 1,130 847% 1,135 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 318% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 120GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 473 473 473 473 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 471 Mixed 407 SusWrite 472 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 48 157% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 332 250% 334 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 104GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,849 Write 9,807 Mixed 9734 2,191% 9,797 MB/s	4K Read 711 4K Write 422 4K Mixed 208 1,567% 447 MB/s	DQ Read 1,522 DQ Write 1,033 DQ Mixed 1,138 887% 1,231 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 960GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 130 133 131 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 120 Mixed 117 SusWrite 131 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 33.5 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 51.8 SC Mixed 32.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 120%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	538x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	404x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	336x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	311x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	307x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	252x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	120x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	75x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $103Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	48x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,342

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16