Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	174% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	119.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210316
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 28 '22 at 07:24
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 79.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,187 105% 889 Pts	64-Core 2,018 125% 2,018 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Sapphire(174B A632) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 176 Parallax 165 143% 172 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 138 Splatting 119 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 629 322 294 284 301 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,874 Write 1,461 Mixed 540 SusWrite 354 234% 1,057 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 44.7 156% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 150 245% 487 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 236%
Amd-raid Seagate BarraCud 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1TB free Firmware: SU5S SusWrite @10s intervals: 1894 1869 1893 1878 1900 1895 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 371 Write 1,879 Mixed 608 SusWrite 1,888 273% 1,187 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 50.1 167% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 158 198% 340 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 201%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 109GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 146 144 144 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 418 Write 156 Mixed 203 SusWrite 145 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 37.9 139% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 95.7 98% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 124 122 124 126 125 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 144 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 123 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 180 178 180 180 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 124 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 179 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 114%
WD 3200BEV External 320GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 298GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 35.3 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 41 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%
WD easystore 264D 8TB 977 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free, PID 264d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 204 204 204 204 203 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 149 Write 150 Mixed 151 SusWrite 204 228% 164 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C18-32GVK 4x31.8GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 24.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 125%

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Gaming 150%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $221Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,512x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	753x
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	744x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	773x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	631x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	563x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	421x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	364x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	276x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	146x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16