Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	186% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	58.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 02:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 308 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,051 100% 828 Pts	64-Core 1,654 102% 1,654 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 402C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.31 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 203 Parallax 122 113% 155 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 141 Splatting 125 122% 153 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$60 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 685GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 446 441 436 435 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 2573 Write 430 Mixed 647 SusWrite 425 220% 1,019 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 16.2 108% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,166 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 22.5 158% 400 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 372%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$60 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 666GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 445 440 435 435 434 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 2,604 Write 427 Mixed 654 SusWrite 424 222% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 16.2 113% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,269 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 22.6 170% 435 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 372%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 36GB free Firmware: 3.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 10.7 Mixed 16 SusWrite 10.9 14% 19.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 34%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 86GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 28 29 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 71.2 Write 15.4 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 28.2 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2C3000C15 2x31.5GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 124%

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

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Gaming 184%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 197%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - $373

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $330Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	553x
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	437x
Core i9-10850KIntel $300Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	276x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	305x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,035Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	190x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	182x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	192x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $130Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	108x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	92x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	38x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $101Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	33x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	30x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,346

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