Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.5% 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	410% 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.

CPU throttled at 95% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '22 at 23:37
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	95%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700K-$240 78,749 User benchmarks, average bench 114% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 77.7 1-Core 211 2-Core 415 121% 235 Pts	4-Core 762 8-Core 1,586 138% 1,174 Pts	64-Core 2,416 150% 2,416 Pts
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 19,750 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1002 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.5% Terrible	Lighting 9.7 Reflection 15 Parallax 11.2 8% 12 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2357 2172 2187 1826 1503 1505 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	410% Outstanding	Read 2,312 Write 2,068 Mixed 1,649 SusWrite 1,925 447% 1,988 MB/s	4K Read 68.2 4K Write 253 4K Mixed 111 380% 144 MB/s	DQ Read 1,946 DQ Write 1,777 DQ Mixed 1,838 1,385% 1,853 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 410% Great: 435%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 472GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 418GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 450 444 443 446 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 447 Mixed 426 SusWrite 421 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 49.7 184% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 339 256% 344 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
Memorex USB Flash Drive 249GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 28GB free, PID 7722 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 251 Write 130 Mixed 161 212% 181 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 4.4 304% 6.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C18-8GTZRX 2x8GB 1,973 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 25.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 124%

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Gaming 209%

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Desktop 115%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $240Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,528x
Core i5-12600KIntel $175Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	1,007x
Core i9-12900KIntel $319Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	687x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	630x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	457x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	433x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	449x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	316x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	234x

RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	178x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	148x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $67Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	113x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,255

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